Austrian Hapkido Video – (great footage)
Vietnam
Vietnam’s Successful Historic Generals Were Sisters.
The Trưng sisters were known as Hai Bà Trưng, or “Two Ladies [named] Trưng”. Around AD 14 – c. AD 43) they were military leaders …
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The Hong Kong Flu During Vietnam Was Also Thought to Have Originated in China.
The Hong Kong Flu outbreak appeared on 13 July 1968. By the end of July 1968, it was a full on pandemic in Singapore …
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South Vietnam Was Utterly Corrupt.
July 15 1965 the Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Air Vice- Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky said he admired most of all people Adolf Hitler. This …
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Final Comments on Vietnam Series
One of the things that surprised me the most about Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s Vietnam series was how similar the war was manned …
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Vietnam – Ken Burns Review 3
The Tet offensive was the undisputed turning point of the war in Vietnam. In the face of bravado on party supporters and military leaders …
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Ken Burns Vietnam Review 2
One of the great features of the Ken Burns Vietnam series are interviews with victorious Vietnamese military leaders. In one episode, a Vietnamese commander was …
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Ken Burns Vietnam. Review 1.
Madame Nhu Ken Burns has produced one of the best narratives of the Vietnam War that the last two American generations have no recollection. I …
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The 27 Day War Between China and Vietnam.
In 1968 Vietnam invaded Cambodia to oust the murderous Kmer Rouge government. The Chinese, who backed the Kmer Rouge, were incensed. There were disputes …
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The Last Days Of Vietnam.
. Graham Martin was the United State Ambassador to South Vietnam when in 1973, Richard Nixon and South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn …
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Dien Bien Phu.
French Paratroopers Deploy to Dien Bien Phu During the Pacific Campaign in World War II, the Viet Minh were led by Ho Chi Minh …
The New Vietnam War Memorial Website Leaves Out Some Important Features. Some Actual Events, For Example.
Nick Turse explains a disappointingly inaccurate revision of history that is an official display and website commemorating the Vietnam War. Not only does …
Great Photos Of Animals At War
Marine Cpl. Gunner Schmitt, 23, of Janesville, Wis., and a puppy the Marines named Willie, part of a large population of stray dogs. (AP …
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Great Old Photos From The National Archives.
Marines Near An M-48 Tank In Vietnam . . . . . . . Source: National Archives. . .
The Wall
A little history most people will never know. Interesting Veterans Statistics off the Vietnam Memorial Wall There are 58,267 names now listed on that …
The Antidote For Civilization.
Ho Van Thanh fought for the Viet Cong for a short while during the Vietnam War. Afterwards he switched to fighting for the …
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Vietnam Soldiers Often Encountered A Large Bipedal Hominid In The Deep Forests.
Apparently These were “Rock Apes”, and the stories in this video recall a Marine being thrown off a rock pile in Laos. This is …
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Kill Anything That Moves.
Nick Turse’s new book Kill Anything That Moves is a disturbing window into the enormous numbers of Vietnamese civilians that died at the …
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Photo Of Jimmy Hendrix, 101 Airborne, US Army Ranger.
Jimmy Hendrix, 101st Airborne Division Source: 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Band
Politics Of The Vietnam War.
In 1954, North and South Vietnam received their official borders at a conference called the 1954 Geneva Accords. Ngo Dinh Diem pushed international …
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