How to Boil America “The uncontested absurdities of today are the accepted slogans of tomorrow. They come to be accepted by degrees, by dint of constant pressure on one side, and constant retreat on the other — until one day when they are suddenly declared to be the Country’s official ideology.” –– Ayn Rand “Woe to …
Huey in Vietnam By Eric Blehm In LEGEND, bestselling author Eric Blehm takes as his canvas Southeast Asia, and tells the unforgettable account of the U.S. Army’s 240th Assault Helicopter Company and Green Beret (Studies and Operations Group) Staff Sergeant Roy Benavidez, who risked everything to rescue a Special Forces team trapped in the Fishhook …
Infantry Officer Recalls Sounds, Smells of Gunfights BY SKIP VAUGHN Army Capt. John Reitzell was an operations officer for N Company, 75th Rangers, 173rd Airborne Brigade, in Vietnam. John Reitzell went to Vietnam in the spring of 1970 as a 23-year-old second lieutenant in the Army infantry. The year-long experience was as challenging as one would …
Steady Stand at LZ Bird A savage assault by North Vietnamese Army regulars was stopped by the combined efforts of artillerymen and infantrymen at LZ Bird during Operation Thayer II on Dec. 27, 1966. By Al Hemingway © 2017 Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States Staff Sgt. Delbert Jennings did not feel good. …
JIMMY STEWART FLEW IN VIETNAM? WHAT MOVIE WAS THAT !! © J David Truby 2018 Brig. Gen. James Stewart (middle) and the crew of the Green-2 B-52 on February 20, 1966. The aircraft flew a classified Arc Light bombing mission over Vietnam with Stewart aboard as an official observer. Stewart was qual- ified as a B-52 …
Remembering Vietnam is an exhibit at the National Archives in Washington, DC, on display from November 10, 2017, through February 28, 2019, featuring records related to 12 critical episodes in the Vietnam War. Indochina 1975: Liberation, Celebrations and Con-sequences for South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. By Dr. Roger Canfield Adopted from Comrades in Arms: How the …
Nation to Observe Vietnam War Veterans Day A U.S. Army Reserve soldier reads some of the 58,307 names etched into “The Wall” of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. as the sun rises July 22, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Ken Scar) MARCH 29, 2021 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS In 2012, President Barack …
Karen Gibson became the Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate on March 22, 2021, having recently completed a 33-year military career in which she attained the rank of Lieutenant General in the United States Army. Karen Gibson, retired Army Lieutenant General who served as director of intelligence for U.S. Central Command has been …
Jan 26, 2021: The first Special Operations Forces (SOF) Truth, “Humans are more important than hardware” speaks to our most valuable asset, our people. This document guides sustained efforts to strengthen the operational capability of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) by leveraging diversity and inclusion, as well as committing to increase the diversity of our …
