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Six readers on learning kindness, valuing allies and venerating the law of war.
Operation Babylift was an effort led by the American military to rescue babies from Vietnamese orphanages ahead of the fall of Saigon 50 years ago this month.
I set out to write this piece marking 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War with hope ‒ hope for healing and progress. But as I reflected, I saw that we are still a long way from true ...
Today, March 29 has become a day of recognition, remembrance, healing, and education; and marks the eighth anniversary of Vietnam War Veterans Day. Vietnam veterans, once met with scorn and ...
The Vietnam War lasted from 1955 to 1975, with America’s military involvement in the 1960s and 1970s being what many remember most. But it was actually part of a much larger unification struggle ...
It was the day South Vietnam’s capital city was captured, bringing an end to the Vietnam War. As we approach the anniversary, we are delving into the history, sharing the stories of those who ...
Vietnam War Army veteran Harry Metzler pays respects to men he served with in the 1st Infantry Division at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, November 11, 2024. Fifty years ago ...
DOT. TODAY, THE NATION HONORS VIETNAM WAR VETERANS. IT’S AN ANNUAL COMMEMORATION MARKING THE DAY U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND VIETNAM WAS DISESTABLISHED IN 1975. ACCORDING TO THE DEFENSE ...
His only novel was published in 1991: «The Sorrow of War.» One novel was enough to make him one of the great writers of Vietnam and Asia – and perhaps he would have been one of the world ...
Fifty years after the fall of Saigon, a new poll found the Vietnam War remains the least-supported conflict of the major American wars of the past century. The Emerson College Polling/Nexstar ...
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. When President Lyndon Johnson sent the first U.S. combat troops to South Vietnam in March 1965 ...