Vietnam war stories

I remember right Ho Chi min needed help fighting for his cause. He asked the west for help, they refused. He then turned to china and the communists. Belgium and France were involved in.

Jane sympathized with the enemy.

She appeared in a television broadcast calling American troops baby killers and rapists. What led to the fall of Saigon? Please explore selected contributions on this page.

Porter Wagoner and Dolly Paton. Long Meadow shopping center, Hagerstown, MD. Experiencing War : Stories from the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress.

My Back is to the Door – Attack at LZ Betty. Each tour was full of emotion that he never forgets.

He was riding down a river in a patrol boat, just talking to one of his friends on the boat, when he bent down to pick something up. When he looked back up, half of his friend was missing. He said it was like something out of a movie.

Vietnam Stories Nightfall. I’m not sure these were the exact words, but it hits a central truth, which will be central to you while you read my book. The war ended when U. Ehrhart, the son of a Protestant minister, joined the Marines. During the War for Independence, two. Andrew deGrandpre and Tony Lombardo.

By: Jack Swallows Lt Colonel U. These stories are told by those who lived it. Soon after, he is injured and gone before she has the chance to. War correspondent: Terry Fincher of the Express (left) and Larry Burrows (right) covering the war.

It takes a lot to see people die around you every day, some your friends, your comrades, your amigos. Had it been true, it would have been one of the most gripping war stories of all time. Revealed: Man claiming.

On television screens and magazine pages. One such account was reported in the book Very Crazy, G. Jorgenson details a wide range of strange encounters and phenomena during the war. One of these accounts concerns what can only be described as some sort of sea serpent. In a time when men had no choice but to fight a war overseas for reasons that many of their friends and family didn’t even understan few were able to separate the soldier from the war.

We used up our mortar ammo quickly, then moved wounded Marines to the back of the perimeter, hoping to get medevac choppers in. One was picked up by the submarine USS Finback, while the other eight were captured by the Japanese. According to eyewitnesses, those eight were executed (some via samurai sword).