ROANOKE, Va. – Three months before the 1972 presidential election, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger huddled together in the Oval Office to discuss when and how to get out of Vietnam. Despite a ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: Airpower had always been a key factor—actually the key factor—factor in America’s favor during the war in Indochina. But in 1972, it was the only politically feasible ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: Both sides suffered tremendously during the Easter Offensive, and the NVA made gains in the northern provinces. But although the ARVN was severely damaged (perhaps ...
There’s a street in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City called Nguyen Thai Binh Street. The United States had intensified its bombing of both northern and southern Vietnam earlier in April. 1972. Nixon, ...
A conference harking back half a century to a climactic time in the Battle of Vietnam conjured bitter memories and intimations of an uncertain future for Americans caught up in global conflicts — ...
To the editor: Jane Fonda's actions arguably triggered the end of the Vietnam War. ("Why L.A. County's 'Jane Fonda Day' declaration was so astoundingly insensitive," Opinion, May 9) As a Vietnam War ...
Diane Evans, a Northfield woman, took part in a 1,200-mile bicycle journey from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon. Evans, an Army combat nurse, was the primary catalyst in establishing the ...
(WATE) — April 30, 2025, marks 50 years since the Fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. As we reflect on the war’s lasting impact, 6 News anchors Lori Tucker and Bo Williams sat down with 6 ...
Four U.S. Army veterans who rescued seven people from a burning transport plane during the Vietnam War each received a Silver Star on Tuesday for their heroic actions. Robert Monette, Robert Frank, ...
Exclusively for CounterPunch, Matthew Stevenson travels from Haiphong and Hanoi, in what was North Vietnam, to the Central Highlands and Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon and the capital, in search of ...