Airman John Langley of Venice, Fla. and his guard-dog ‘Vogie’ took on NVA & VC during Vietnam War
by Don Moore @ War Tales
Tue Nov 21 22:38:42 PST 2017
Airman 2nd Class John Langley of Venice was a member of the 377th Security Police (K-9) when he arrived at Tan Son Nhut Air Force Base outside Saigon South Vietnam in 1967. It was the 19-year-old airman and his guard-dog “Vogie” against the North Vietnamese Army and the Vietcong guerrillas. He was trained in guard-dog…
What did it mean to be “Short” during the Vietnam War?
Cherries - A Vietnam War Novel
All Infantry soldiers went to Vietnam expecting to spend 12 months in the war zone (Marines – 13). It was like a jail sentence – spending 365 days in a war-torn, God-forsaken place on…
Amazon reviews of The Life of a Warrior
by Bob @ US Wings
Mon Feb 20 13:37:24 PST 2017
The Life of a Warrior, a book based on the life of SFC David Hack, CEO of US Wings, traces the tragedies & triumphs of Sarge’s life, including his impoverished childhood, his military service in Vietnam, and his business & personal successes. Life of a Warrior is the story of a man who rose from a childhood […]
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Former Staff Sgt. Jim Hicks was tail-gunner on B-25 attack bomber in CBI during WW II
by Don Moore @ War Tales
Tue Jan 02 22:38:48 PST 2018
Former Staff Sgt. Jim Hicks of Emerald Lake Mobile Home Park in Punta Gorda, Fla. was the tail-gunner on a B-25, twin-engine attack bomber, part of 81st Squadron, 12th Bombardment Group, 10th Air Force in the China Burma and India Theatre (CBI) during World War II. His squadron’s primary duty was to provide air support…
U.S. servicemen sent to Vietnam for second tours - Oct 14, 1968 - HISTORY.com
HISTORY.com
On this day in History, U.S. servicemen sent to Vietnam for second tours on Oct 14, 1968. Learn more about what happened today on History.
VC/NVA Terrorist Doctrine
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Thu Nov 02 09:45:38 PDT 2017
Warning: Many of the written and visual examples shared within this article are graphic, disturbing and sometime revolting – if descriptions and photos of brutalized human beings bother you, then I’d suggest you bypass this post and select another to read while you’re here. This article is about the VC/NVA atrocities that occurred in Vietnam. […]
Cherries: A Vietnam War Novel by John Podlaski
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Sat Oct 07 12:38:34 PDT 2017
Originally posted on Books in Review II:
VVA member John Podlaski served in Vietnam from 1969-71 with the Wolfhounds of the 25th Infantry Division and the 501st Infantry Brigade of the 101st Airborne division. The lead character in Cherries: A Vietnam War Novel (CreateSpace, 456 pp., $16), Podlaski’s fine first novel, is John Kowalski, often…
Learning to come home from war: no one said 'thank you' to Vietnam vets | Alan Cutter
the Guardian
Alan Cutter: The experiences of Vietnam veterans remind us that civilians and soldiers have roles to play to aid each other
Requesting Feedback for Future Post
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Sun Dec 10 16:53:53 PST 2017
To all Vietnam Vets: Please take a moment to comment on the question below, type your response at the end of this article and NOT on the shared Facebook or Twitter posts… As Vietnam Vets, we didn’t know much about Vietnam before going…but this is what I learned while there? As an example, my answer: […]
Vietnam veterans get 'long overdue thank you' at fairgrounds
baltimoresun.com
The LZ Maryland tribute to Vietnam vets at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium will continue through Sunday, offering exhibits that include 1,017 chairs representing each Marylander killed in the war, a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington and a Huey helicopter from the war.
Tour of Duty: John Kerry and the Vietnam War
Barnes & Noble
Covering more than four decades, this is the first full-scale, definitive account of Kerry's journey from war to peace. Brinkley has drawn on extensive interviews...
José Martí, Soul of the Cuban Revolution
by W. T. Whitney @ www.counterpunch.org
Mon Jan 22 00:50:58 PST 2018
Cubans celebrate José Martí’s birthday every year and preparations this year are elaborate. As before, there will be a torchlight parade in Havana to mark the 165th anniversary of his birth on January 28, 1853. Youth organizations are organizing tours of places throughout the island identified with Martí. Commemorative meetings and symposia are taking place, More
Care Packages from Home
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Thu Nov 30 11:50:23 PST 2017
During the Vietnam War, those of us in the bush, carried everything we owned on our backs and were always on the move. The water in our canteens had a bitter after-taste from both the plastic canteen itself and the iodine tablets we used to ‘purify’ the water; supposedly killing the bacteria and other parasites, […]
Trump Overstates Missing Texts Involving FBI Agent
by Associated Press @ Snopes.com
Tue Jan 23 10:57:11 PST 2018
President Trump called news the FBI was missing five months' worth of texts from the agent, Peter Strzok, "one of the biggest stories in a long time."
The Authenticity and Cultural Value of our Vintage Vietnam Military Combat Shirts
by Sgt. David Hack @ US Wings
Mon Jun 26 19:58:40 PDT 2017
I recently came back from a vacation and I brought the grandkids to a cave near the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, we went camping with the Best Tent and let me tell you that we had a lot of fun. It was a common tourist trap kind of place, trinkets for sale, small geodes on […]
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Al Gore in Vietnam
Snopes.com
Did influential friends get Al Gore's tour of duty in Vietnam cut short?
In multiple deployments, soldiers saw a changed Vietnam
dailypress.com
In Vietnam, multiple deployments prompted different perspectives on the war
Did you know Military Bomber Jackets are at US Wings ?
by Bob @ US Wings
Fri Nov 24 08:44:07 PST 2017
Military Bomber Jackets largest supplier in the United States is US Wings . Located in Hudson Ohio, US Wings is the world’s leading authority on Military Bomber Jackets and aviation apparel. Vietnam Veteran-owned since 1986 and online since 1994, we have the world’s largest inventory and are a supplier to the US Military. From A-2’s, G-1’s, and B-3’s,US Wings […]
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Career Army soldier reflects on two tours of duty in Vietnam
heraldstandard.com
Huey Mogilles looks at his two tours in Vietnam as painful; however, he reflects on his Army career as a positive experience. For 22 years, he served in the U.S.
Veteran: Vietnam War naval service routine, with bursts of fear
Bowling Green Daily News
Following in the military boot steps of his father and grandfather, Bill Hotaling enlisted in the U.S. Navy after college in 1963 and served three tours of duty during the
Dr. King’s Long Assassination
by Paul Street @ www.counterpunch.org
Fri Jan 19 01:05:45 PST 2018
As the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s violent death (on April 4, 1968) grows closer, you can expect to hear more and more in U.S. corporate media about the real and alleged details of his immediate physical assassination (or perhaps execution). You will not be told about King’s subsequent and ongoing moral, intellectual, and ideological assassination. More
Sgt. Robert Bales and multiple tours of duty: How many is too many?
The Christian Science Monitor
Twenty percent of active-duty Army troops are on at least their third tour of duty to a war zone. Sgt. Robert Bales, suspected of slaying 17 Afghan civilians, was one. Here's what's known about the dangers of repeated deployments.
What John Kerry Really Did in Vietnam
www.counterpunch.org
The Blood-Soaked Resumé of a Peace Broker More
Discovering the hidden places of the Vietnam War
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Mon Dec 04 14:26:11 PST 2017
This is a guest post from my friend, Jonas Thorsell, a Swede, who routinely travels to Vietnam on business. He and two other partners have visited former war sites over the past few years and recently launched a website and blog to chronicle their findings. After 40 – 50 years, veterans are still curious about […]
Calling home during the Vietnam War
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Fri Nov 10 12:01:34 PST 2017
During the Vietnam conflict, there were no individual personal cellular or landline telephones available for soldiers or sailors to use for calling family members back home. To address this, United States MARS (Military Affiliate Radio Service) stations from all branches of the service, Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force, were deployed throughout Vietnam. The MARS […]
Indy US Wings Jacket
by Bob @ US Wings
Thu Dec 28 10:22:17 PST 2017
My name’s Abel and in October of 2015, I ordered a Genuine Texas Steerhide “Indy” jacket from US Wings. It was an item I’d long coveted, and I’d done no shortage of searching before I finally squeezed the trigger on buying from US Wings as opposed to a lot of the other companies selling “authentic” […]
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Lt. Ken Donihue in 101st Airborne fought NVA & A-shau Valley of Vietnam
by Don Moore @ War Tales
Tue Dec 19 22:38:07 PST 2017
Former 1st Lt. Ken Donihue of Hampshire House apartments in Port Charlotte arrived in Vietnam a few weeks after the “Tet Offensive.” He flew into the country in March of 1968, as a member of Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division—”The Screaming Eagles.” “The 101st was based at ‘Camp Eagle’…
Voices of Service: One man's tour of duty with long hours and no sleep
The Sentinel
As a student at HACC in 1967, Larry Foote was well aware of the looming possibility of the draft.
Music During the Vietnam War
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Tue Oct 17 11:20:26 PDT 2017
The Vietnam conflict has been called “America’s first rock-and-roll war” because of the predominance of rock music that permeated the American experience there. As draft quotas were raised and deferment and exemption loopholes closed, an overwhelming number of military personnel belonged to one generation: the average age of combat soldiers was 19 and, according to […]
Sgt. John Robson escaped ‘Tet Offensive,’ serves 20 years in U.S. Air Force all around world
by Don Moore @ War Tales
Tue Dec 12 22:38:13 PST 2017
John Robson of Englewood, Fla. joined the Air Force at 18, in 1966. After basic he was trained to be a jet engine mechanic and was sent to an air force base in Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam in 1967. He worked on the engine of a squadron of F-100 Super Sabre fighter-bombers over there. “We…
Iraq seeks aid to rebuild after IS, but donors could be wary
by Felipe Dana @ cumberlink.com - RSS Results
Tue Jan 23 10:04:13 PST 2018
FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2017 file photo, Haider, left, and Abdullah carry belongings they collected from their damaged house to wash before returning to live in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq. Iraqi officials are hoping to raise…
Just What Earmark “Moratorium” are They Talking About?
by Winslow Wheeler @ www.counterpunch.org
Mon Jan 22 00:58:15 PST 2018
Last week, the House Rules Committee held hearings on the idea of bringing back earmarks. While some have been angling for this idea for a while, the immediate prompt was from President Trump’s assertion last week that if earmarks were revived, Members of Congress would get along better with each other. Think what you want More
Physical and Mental Health of Australian Vietnam Veterans 3 Decades After the War and Its Relation to Military Service, Combat, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder | American Journal of Epidemiology | Oxford Academic
OUP Academic
The long-term health consequences of war service remain unclear, despite burgeoning scientific interest. A longitudinal cohort study of a random sample of Australian Vietnam veterans was designed to assess veterans’ postwar physical and mental health 36 years after the war (2005–2006) and to examine its relation to Army service, combat, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) assessed 14 years previously (1990–1993). Prevalences in veterans (n = 450) were compared with those in the Australian general population. Veterans’ Army service and data from the first assessments were evaluated using multivariate logistic regression prediction modeling. Veterans’ general health and some health risk factors were poorer and medical consultation rates were higher than Australian population expectations. Of 67 long-term conditions, the prevalences of 47 were higher and the prevalences of 4 were lower when compared with population expectations. Half of all veterans took some form of medication for mental well-being. The prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses exceeded Australian population expectations. Military and war service characteristics and age were the most frequent predictors of physical health endpoints, while PTSD was most strongly associated with psychiatric diagnoses. Draftees had better physical health than regular enlistees but no better mental health. Army service and war-related PTSD are associated with risk of illness in later life among Australian Vietnam veterans.
Soldiers Celebrating Christmas during the Vietnam War
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Fri Dec 22 07:06:29 PST 2017
To all my friends, family, military brothers and sisters: THANK YOU for all your support of this website during the past year! I look forward to 2018 – many new articles and pictures are planned for your reading enjoyment! I have a tendency to add more pictures as I come across them – +30 this […]
Could/Should Jubilee Debt Cancellations be Reintroduced Today?
by Michael Hudson – Charles Goodhart @ www.counterpunch.org
Fri Jan 19 00:59:34 PST 2018
Introduction The idea of annulling debts nowadays seems so unthinkable that most economists and many theologians doubt whether the Jubilee Year could have been applied in practice, and indeed on a regular basis. A widespread impression is that the Mosaic debt jubilee was a utopian ideal. However, Assyriologists have traced it to a long tradition More
Tours of Duty - Vietnam War - Surplus Today
Surplus Today
[Editor’s note: Surplus Today had the pleasure of interviewing several veterans from past and present wars to be part of our featured article in this issue. I chose the theme of Honoring Our Veterans, in part, because it precedes the month of November, the month we observe Veteran’s Day. As the Editor, I try to …
Vietnam C-Ration Cook Book
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Tue Jan 09 09:31:58 PST 2018
Tabasco C-Ration Cookbook Shane K. Bernard Ph.D. Historian & Curator for the McIlhenny Company (makers of Tabasco hot sauce) kindly provided the following copy of their C-Ration Cookbook. I hope that you will enjoy viewing this cookbook and remember the McIlhenny Company (Tabasco sauce) who cared about their soldiers over in Vietnam. Doesn’t this just […]
African Americans in the Vietnam War
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Thu Dec 14 11:26:36 PST 2017
When I was a kid in the Marines, I remember the first place I saw the WHITE ONLY, COLORED ONLY signs. They were on the wall in this train station in Rocky Mountain, North Carolina. . . . I’ll never forget seeing them, never. We all had our green Marine Corps uniforms on, but the […]
Approaching Day Zero
by Jeff Berg @ www.counterpunch.org
Fri Jan 19 00:52:51 PST 2018
“Day Zero is now very likely,” said Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille. “Despite our urging for months, 60 per cent of Capetonians are callously using more than 87 litres per day. It is quite unbelievable that a majority of people do not seem to care and are sending all of us headlong towards Day More
The New Guy (Guest Post)
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Tue Sep 12 07:28:02 PDT 2017
By Michael P. Walsh The Washington, D.C., Vietnam Veterans Memorial is inscribed with 58,272 names – each a story of lost opportunity and heartache; ultimate sacrifices that, with time, are known by and intimate to fewer. The New Guy is one of those small stories, perhaps now, 48 years later, important to only me – […]
“Fragging” during the Vietnam War
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Tue Oct 10 07:01:52 PDT 2017
During its long withdrawal from South Vietnam, the U.S. military experienced a serious crisis in morale. Chronic indiscipline, illegal drug use, and racial militancy all contributed to trouble within the ranks. But most chilling of all was the advent of a new phenomenon: large numbers of young enlisted men turning their weapons on their superiors. […]
Customized American Made Veteran Apparel
by Bob @ US Wings
Tue Oct 17 13:20:26 PDT 2017
Customized American Made Veteran Apparel! To honor our military veterans, we now offer Customized American Made Veteran Apparel! Choose your jacket, then add a selection of patches (including branch of service & Vietnam Veteran patches) on the left sleeve, right sleeve, left chest, or back. We currently offer a Black Goatskin A-2 Jacket, a Brown […]
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A Veteran's Playlist: The Top 10 Songs of Vietnam
Next Avenue
Veterans of the Vietnam War talk in a new book, 'We Gotta Get Out of This Place,' about Vietnam war songs that carried them through.
The Day I Went from Bride to Widow (Guest Post)
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Tue Jan 16 11:57:32 PST 2018
This short story was published by CJ Heck on May 23, 2013 on Goodreads.com. Ms. Heck is a published Poet, Writer, Freelance Editor, Author of 5 books, and a Vietnam War Widow. Her blog address is listed at the end of this article. “There is a brokenness out of which comes the unbroken; a shatteredness […]
Revealed: how 'war hero' Kerry tried to put off Vietnam military duty
Telegraph.co.uk
Senator John Kerry, the presumed Democratic presidential candidate who is trading on his Vietnam war record, tried to defer his military service for a year, according to a newly rediscovered article in a Harvard newspaper.
Games amidst a Faraway War (Guest post)
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Fri Nov 03 11:08:07 PDT 2017
This article originally posted on my friend, Joe Campolo’s website and is published here with his permission. It was Joe, who prodded Rene’ to write about her experiences, and then helped to put her story together. Joe, too, is a Vietnam Veteran and author of two books relating to the Vietnam War. His website offers […]
If I Were US Ambassador to Vietnam…
by Mark Ashwill @ www.counterpunch.org
Tue Jan 23 01:00:35 PST 2018
I would tell the truth about what would have happened in 1956, had the US allowed a national election in a temporarily divided Vietnam to take place, as stipulated by the Geneva Accords of 1954, namely, that Ho Chi Minh would have received an overwhelming majority of the vote and become president of a unified Vietnam. (President Dwight D. Eisenhower and I are in agreement on this point.) This would have prevented the 2nd Indochina War, thereby saving the lives of at least 3.8 million Vietnamese and 58,300 US Americans. In addition, there would have been no devastating war legacies that continue to maim and kill 43 years after the liberation of Saigon and the US beat a hasty retreat. More
Charles Carter of Englewood served with the 69th Infantry Division in Europe during WW II
by Don Moore @ War Tales
Tue Dec 05 22:38:47 PST 2017
At 91 Charles Carter of Englewood, Fla. was old enough to enlist in the Army and serve with the 69th Infantry Division that fought its way across Europe during the closing months of World War II. He took a 4 1/2 day trip from New York to Scotland aboard the Queen Elizabeth. Carter joined the 69th Division in France as it forced the faltering German army back into the fatherland at the close of the war. Carter’s primary recollection of fighting with his unit was at the Siegfried Line protecting the German border along its western edge. “The Germans were…
Vietnam, Iraq & Afghanistan: Different or the Same?
Hoover Institution
From 1965 to 1972 in Vietnam, America fought both a conventional slugfest against North Vietnamese divisions and a counterinsurgency (COIN) campaign against guerrillas. We conducted a COIN campaign in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014, and a COIN campaign in Iraq from 2003 to 2011.
Joe Taylor – Black Marine served 3 tours in Vietnam with 4th Marine Division
War Tales
Joe Taylor was a black Marine who served three tours of duty in Vietnam. The death and devastation this grunt witnessed while serving in the Corps over there was almost too much for him to bear.
Veteran’s Day Book Special
by pdoggbiker @ Cherries – A Vietnam War Novel
Thu Nov 09 18:47:09 PST 2017
In commemoration of Veterans Day 2017 – I’m reducing the selling price for both of my Vietnam War e-books [Cherries & When Can I Stop Running?] to $.99 USD… NOW through Monday 11/13 and only on Amazon.com and Smashwords.com. If you haven’t read either of them or are interested in a Christmas gift for someone […]
Vietnam War Facts, Stats and Myths
US Wings
The memory of the Vietnam War is studded with occasional misinformation and errors. This list of Vietnam War Facts, and statistics helps set things right.
A scrapbook from the Vietnam War brings back memories for a young veteran
National Museum of American History
When I started my internship in the museum's Division of Armed Forces History, I expected to see reminders of what it was like to be a U.S. Marine: uniforms, equipment, and weapons—the accoutrements of American warriors who served well before I did, but with whom I share a bond.I was not disappointed.
Lt. Col. Warren Sharp of Venice learned there was much more to Vietnam than the war
by Don Moore @ War Tales
Wed Nov 15 22:38:42 PST 2017
When Warren Sharp went to Vietnam in 1965 the first time as a young captain serving as an advisor to a South Vietnam combat engineering battalion he quickly learned there was more to war than killing the enemy. There were in-country civilians who needed his help just as urgently. “One day I was out in…
"Temporary Tour of Duty" Vietnam | iPatriot
iPatriot
War veterans, veterans that have served in the military, the United States Army, as well as other branches of the Armed Forces are facing problems of which they never, never dreamed they would have to face!
The Vietnam war airman who dodged a million bullets
South China Morning Post
Don Harten survived more than 300 combat missions during the Vietnam war, one of which ended with a ditching in the South China Sea in a super typhoon. In new book Midair, the flyer’s nephew documents a charmed life and a raid that may have ended hostilities before they had really begun