Gary Kremer served in Vietnam in 1970. When he came back to the States at Christmastime, the Army told him to make sure he took off his uniform to avoid trouble from the anti-war protesters back home.
“See the Light, Kiss the Ground” by Steve Andrews blends historical fact with ground level fiction to deliver one of the most authentic Vietnam War narratives in recent publishing Florence, CO ...
In 1970, five years after the troop buildup in the Vietnam War began, American servicemen were still being drafted and shipped to war at the rate of about 12 planeloads a week. At the time, the entire ...
But he was right because in 1970, five years later, we were still fighting the war and I was over in Vietnam and in harm’s way. Mr. Reukauf really brought it home to us. In which branch did you serve ...
The depiction of the Vietnam War in popular culture just isn’t for Terry Coons. He lived it, as a member of the Army’s 23 rd Infantry Division in 1969 and 1970. This memory from those 13 months has ...
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The National Fire Heritage Center (NFHC) has announced that the recipient of the 2023 Benjamin Franklin Writers Bronze Award is retired Fort Johnson Fire Chief Dr. Michael ...
Saigon, South Vietnam, January 1970: Don’t try this at home, especially in front of a police officer. In 1970 Saigon, however, the sight of a father transporting four unhelmeted children on a ...
Five decades ago, Melbourne was centre stage for the huge Moratorium marches opposing the Vietnam War — and a young reporter recorded the biggest one on his own movie camera. He left with a colour ...
Australia was a deeply divided nation on the issue by that time. Then-Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt had won a landslide victory against Labor at the 1966 election just weeks after a visit by ...