Topic: Viet Nam War

Agent Orange, the Vietnam War defoliant, continues to exact a cost; the U.S. govt's record w/ it is neglect: http://bit.ly/6WbMhY

6 hours ago

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richardl posted a blog entry

M2 Browning machine gun
M2 Browning machine gunJohn Browning testing his prototype .50 caliber heavy machine gun, circa 1919.50 Cal M2...

18 hours ago

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Mountain Republic posted a blog entry

World War II Vet Fights Homeowner’s Association
How can anyone deny this man the right to fly his flag?...

1 day ago

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Piseth posted a blog entry

Police Arrested “2000 Kilograms of Wild Life Found trying to sell it to Vietnam”
According to Dapnews on November 3rd, 2009, there were almost 2000 kilograms of wild life that the wicked group of people about...

2 days ago

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themacinator posted a tweet

RT @harpers: # of courses on the Vietnam War reqd for graduation from West Point: 0 http://harpers.org/x/1991/4/7

2 days ago

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loquacious23 posted a blog entry

"It offers no explanations, no apologies and only a thin patina of regret."
Kathryn Bigelow's 2009 feature film The Hurt Locker, tells the story of a U.S. military bomb squad in Iraq. Hurt Locker has...

3 days ago

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dick_and_sharon posted a blog entry

The Hollow Politics of Escalation

3 days ago

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Shanksow posted a blog entry

Matt Helm novel The Terminators – Warnings from the Past for Today!
While reading The Terminators, there were many passages in that book that really just slapped me in the face as warnings for...

5 days ago

The Shanks Dimension | Topics: History, Politics and Foreign..., Uncategorized, Writing

Baltimoron posted a blog entry

Russell’s Realism, LBJ’s Burden
Lyndon B. Johnson via last.fmWhen I listen to this segment with former President Lyndon B. Johnson talking to his political...

7 days ago

Left Flank | Topics: Central Asia, Military, PBS, Podcasts

barbapapa posted a blog entry

(Taps) Loran B. “Doc” Morgan 466 PFA
It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we learn, through a message from Jerry O’Brien, of the passing of...

7 days ago

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barbapapa posted a blog entry

(Taps) Loran B. “Doc” Morgan 466 PFA
It is with a heavy heart and my deepest sympathy that we learn, through a message from Jerry O’Brien, of the passing of...

7 days ago

European Center of Military History | Topics: Veterans Taps, 17th Airborne..., Community..., Denver

dick_and_sharon posted a blog entry

False Atrocity Tales from the War in Vietnam

7 days ago

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BBC - Viewfinder: My Lai: "Smoke coming from the muzzle"
Haeberle carried two cameras with him that day, one was an army camera and with it he was charged with photographing the mission to obtain pictures that would be used in the US press to say to the public "here's what we accomplished"; the...

8 days ago

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LaurelK posted a blog entry

Book Excerpt: Gimme Rewrite, Sweetheart . . . by John Tidyman
November 25, 2009A reporter named Jim Dudas from the Cleveland Press contributed this story on a National Guardsman present at...

9 days ago

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Jillmz posted a blog entry

Obama’s Third Afghan Way (Guest Voice)
WASHINGTON — When there is no good solution to a problem, a president has three options. One is to avoid the problem. The...

11 days ago

The Moderate Voice | Topics: International, Politics, Afgjhanistan, Barack Obama

jamminmole posted a blog entry

Durango's Cho Saigon Market Visit & 50,000 Names" (George Jones)
Durango's visit to Cho Saigon Market got me to wondering what we wouldn't have if America hadn't entered the Vietnam...

14 days ago

Cheap Tricks and Costly Truths | Topics: George Jones, 000 Carved..., 50, Vietnam War

Burbtimes posted a tweet

Watching Bill Moyers Journal. LBJ's taped phone convos during Vietnam War. Fascinating look into the players.

14 days ago

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Mystery girl posted a blog entry

Every Time We Say Goodbye
"It would concern the reader little, perhaps, to know, how sorrowfully the pen is laid down at the close of a two-years'...

17 days ago

Jungle Red | Topics: Sharon..., Vietnam..., Missing Presumed..., Vietnam War

pollyannajacobs posted a blog entry

A View of Life as Thanksgiving Approaches
In less than two months I will be 67. I was born during a World War - another "war to end all wars". I've lived through the...

20 days ago

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Tim B posted a blog entry

Remembering Those Who Served in Thailand
Picture Courtesy John SweetThis week saw yet another Veterans day pass with the observance by most nations of those brave men...

21 days ago

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Tim B posted a blog entry

Remembering Those Who Served in Thailand
Picture Courtesy John SweetThis week saw yet another Veterans day pass with the observance by most nations of those brave men...

21 days ago

Thailand Land of Smiles | Topics: Commentary, Nakhon Phanom, American military in..., american...

Jillmz posted a blog entry

“Supporting the Troops,” Revisited
As is part of a great American tradition, a lot was said and written in honor of our veterans this past Veterans Day. And, as...

22 days ago

The Moderate Voice | Topics: Places, Politics, Society, War

Erinn posted a tweet

happy 234th Birthday to the United States Marine Corp and to my dad, a USMC Vietnam War veteran.

25 days ago

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barbapapa posted a blog entry

Message from George Everett “Bud” Day, Medal Of Honor Recipient
I got shot down over N-Vietnam in 1967, a Squadron Commander. After I returned in 1973, I published 2 books that dealt a lot...

25 days ago

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Daryl Davis posted new photos

29 days ago

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Mike H posted a blog entry

Qualified Support for the President

33 days ago

Tangled Up in Blue Guy | Topics: politics, Barack Obama, Congress, conservative...

dmiddlecamp posted a blog entry

Vietnam War Protest
ARRESTED– San Luis Obispo police officer Preston Simmons takes Richard Birchler to patrol car after he was arrested for...

42 days ago

Photos from the Vault | Topics: 1970's, Going, Going, Gone

Absar Ahmed Khan posted a blog entry

To Increase Or Not To Increase?
Some of the excerpts and stats are taken from New York Times.

44 days ago

Absar Ahmed | Topics: International..., Op-ed/Pers..., Politics, Pakistan

kayday posted a blog entry

Loss of Medal of Honor hero in Florida a loss for the nation
by Kay B. DaySgt. Leonard B. Keller received the Medal of Honor for heroic actions beyond the call of duty in a battle in the...

45 days ago

The US Report | Topics: Florida..., Medal of..., Medal of Honor convention..., Military

Try to learn more posted a blog entry

People are stupid and governments are a bunch of hypocrites!
Hey guys!It seemed to me like the stupidity of people has finally reached its boundaries, but as it turns out I was wrong....

46 days ago

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guitarguy posted a blog entry

Will George W. Bush finally Give Peace a Chance?
George W. Bush is going to talk about his days in the old White house. That’s nice and all but his speech will be taking...

47 days ago

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guitarguy posted a blog entry

Will George W. Bush finally Give Peace a Chance?
George W. Bush is going to talk about his days in the old White house. That’s nice and all but his speech will be taking...

47 days ago

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