Articles for Vietnam War

Compton post office renamed for local Vietnam War hero who saved lives of fellow Marines
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Compton post office renamed for local Vietnam War hero who saved lives of fellow Marines

LA Times  

Marine veteran Charles Cook Jr., left, who served in the Vietnam War, salutes during the singing of the National Anthem at a ceremony to rename a Compton post office in honor of Pfc. Anderson did something that every human being has to go, ‘Would I have had the courage to do what James did?’” said Rep. Maxine Waters, whose district …

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What happened when former President Lyndon B. Johnson chose not to run for a second term
5 months, 3 weeks ago

What happened when former President Lyndon B. Johnson chose not to run for a second term

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden is the first president in more than a generation to decide not to seek a second term. Reel America Preview: LBJ Announces He Won't Run 3/31/1968 Nearly 60 years old when he made that speech, Johnson looked much older. Health was a concern for LBJ Vietnam split the party in 1968, but the growing rift …

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Donald Sutherland, a subtle and sardonic star, has died at 88
6 months ago

Donald Sutherland, a subtle and sardonic star, has died at 88

NPR  

Donald Sutherland, a subtle and sardonic star, has died at 88 Enlarge this image toggle caption Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP Donald Sutherland, who starred in more than 200 movies and TV shows, died Thursday in Miami, Fla., after a long illness. Enlarge this image toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images Hulton Archive/Getty Images Impressed by his performance, director Robert Altman cast …

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Opinion: Don't denigrate today's campus protests by claiming Vietnam War protests backfired
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Don't denigrate today's campus protests by claiming Vietnam War protests backfired

LA Times  

When did it become fashionable to diminish the accomplishments of Vietnam War-era protesters by accusing them of inflated self-regard and delusions about what their activism accomplished? “Those students didn’t shorten that terrible war,” wrote New York Times columnist Nick Kristof about the protesters of the late 1960s. “Instead, they probably prolonged it.” “The nostalgic champions of the campus protests of …

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Vietnam War, Anti-Apartheid, Gaza: How Columbia University Became Hub of Student Protests in US
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Vietnam War, Anti-Apartheid, Gaza: How Columbia University Became Hub of Student Protests in US

News 18  

Student arrests at the Columbia University over the Israel-Gaza war sparked off similar agitations in other US campuses, evoking images of demonstrations that had taken place in the Ivy League college in the past. “When you’re going to Columbia, you know you’re going to an institution which has an honored place in the history of American protest,” said Mark Naison, …

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‘The Sympathizer’ depicts war from a Vietnamese point of view, but how does the community see it?
8 months ago

‘The Sympathizer’ depicts war from a Vietnamese point of view, but how does the community see it?

LA Times  

Hoa Xuande in the closing scenes of Episode 1 of “The Sympathizer.” The series and how it depicts the Vietnam War have been a topic of discussion in California’s Vietnamese community. Never before has a television series garnered so much excitement, attention and concern among California’s expatriate Vietnamese community, the world’s largest, as “The Sympathizer.” HBO’s seven-part espionage thriller depicting …

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New HBO series looks at Vietnam War from Vietnamese perspective
8 months, 1 week ago

New HBO series looks at Vietnam War from Vietnamese perspective

NPR  

New HBO series looks at Vietnam War from Vietnamese perspective NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with actor Hoa Xuande about the new HBO show 'The Sympathizer' — a rare piece of Hollywood entertainment that tells the story of the Vietnam War from a Vietnamese perspective. AILSA CHANG, HOST: The new HBO show "The Sympathizer" is a rare piece of Hollywood entertainment …

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Bestselling US author Kristin Hannah honours Vietnam War nurses in new novel, The Women
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Bestselling US author Kristin Hannah honours Vietnam War nurses in new novel, The Women

ABC  

On May 21, 1968, nurse Jan McCarthy arrived in South Vietnam to take up a post at the 1st Australian Field Hospital at Vũng Tàu. While Hannah describes the Vietnam War as "a national embarrassment" for the US, she says the contribution of "young naïve … nurses who answered their country's call to duty and went to war" should be …

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Book Review: Alice McDermott’s ‘Absolution’ captures America with Vietnam War in the background
1 year, 1 month ago

Book Review: Alice McDermott’s ‘Absolution’ captures America with Vietnam War in the background

Associated Press  

Living in Western diplomatic privilege with cooks and maids and drivers, the women in the new novel “Absolution” spend their days attending luncheons, lectures and cocktail parties as the Vietnam War rumbles in the background. Alice McDermott’s ninth novel perfectly captures the manner and mood of that era and the constricted lives that women led as “helpmeets” for their husbands. …

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Vietnam War veterans reunite, share support for enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament
1 year, 4 months ago

Vietnam War veterans reunite, share support for enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament

ABC  

Two men, weathered by the harsh Australian sun, sit opposite each other on a balmy Alice Springs morning. "Once you become a soldier you become friends, but with us, it's mateship," Mr Shaw said from the front porch of his home. A few phone calls and a long drive Weeks earlier, when Mr Spencer picked up his local newspaper for …

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Australian War Memorial honours 251st Aboriginal digger from Vietnam war
1 year, 4 months ago

Australian War Memorial honours 251st Aboriginal digger from Vietnam war

ABC  

First Nations men who served during the Vietnam War are being added to the Australian War Memorial's official history. Fifty years later, John Wade's number came up again, this time though it was Mr Bell calling. " Back home, cultural heritage was discriminated against, and not recorded, meaning calculating exactly how many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander veterans there actually …

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RSL NSW president Ray James apologises to Vietnam War veterans for post-war treatment
1 year, 4 months ago

RSL NSW president Ray James apologises to Vietnam War veterans for post-war treatment

ABC  

The president of the New South Wales Returned and Services League is issuing a formal apology to veterans who were criticised and shunned by the organisation upon their return from the Vietnam War. Key points: Vietnam veterans were often shunned by their local RSL sub-branch RSL NSW president Ray James has apologised and wants to publicly acknowledge the organisation's past …

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Saeed Naqvi | Vietnam joins Sino-Russian orbit, in a huge blow to West
1 year, 9 months ago

Saeed Naqvi | Vietnam joins Sino-Russian orbit, in a huge blow to West

Deccan Chronicle  

While US President Joe Biden, whose purpose is to drag the war until the November 2024 elections, is running around to reassure allies in Ukraine, Poland, etc of his reliability, the Sino-Russian duo are picking up new allies which the Western media takes scant notice of. Remember, the West frothed in the mouth after Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin signed …

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South Korean defence minister denies Vietnam War massacres
1 year, 10 months ago

South Korean defence minister denies Vietnam War massacres

Al Jazeera  

Minister said the court ruling dishonoured South Korean soldiers by finding them responsible for the massacre of Vietnamese villagers. South Korea’s defence minister has said his country’s soldiers did not massacre civilians during the Vietnam War in the 1960s and indicated the government will appeal a ruling that ordered compensation be paid to a Vietnamese woman who was the victim …

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Seoul court rules South Korea responsible for Vietnam War massacre, orders it to pay compensation
1 year, 10 months ago

Seoul court rules South Korea responsible for Vietnam War massacre, orders it to pay compensation

Firstpost  

Seoul: A Seoul court delivered a landmark ruling Tuesday holding the South Korean government accountable for a massacre committed by its soldiers in the Vietnam War, ordering it to pay compensation. South Korean marines were accused of killing around 70 civilians during a raid on February 12, 1968 in a case brought to court in Seoul by a Vietnamese woman …

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South Korea court rules in favour of Vietnam War massacre victim
1 year, 10 months ago

South Korea court rules in favour of Vietnam War massacre victim

Al Jazeera  

Nguyen Thi Thanh was eight when she was shot in the stomach by South Korean marines who massacred some 70 civilians in Vietnam’s central Quang Nam province. The ruling on Tuesday in favour of Nguyen Thi Thanh marks the first time a court in South Korea has acknowledged state liability and the need to compensate victims of the slaughter in …

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Review: Because Our Fathers Lied by Craig McNamara
2 years, 3 months ago

Review: Because Our Fathers Lied by Craig McNamara

Hindustan Times  

In a recent interview, Craig McNamara, the son of Robert Strange McNamara, the controversial defence secretary of the United States under presidents John F Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson between 1961 and 1968, has called his father a “war criminal”. “It was Bobby who, a year before being assassinated, had said, ‘Bob, this war is unwinnable’ encouraging Dad to end …

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Australian War Memorial publishes first list of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers who served in Vietnam War
2 years, 4 months ago

Australian War Memorial publishes first list of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers who served in Vietnam War

ABC  

On August 18, 1966, the battle of Long Tan was raging. At least 250 Indigenous soldiers served in Vietnam John Burns, pictured outside the ammo bay, holding a 105mm shell in 1966. The Australian War Memorial has, for the first time, published a list of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander soldiers who served in Vietnam. "There's been no actual pointing …

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These are the Army bases that could have their Confederate names replaced
2 years, 7 months ago

These are the Army bases that could have their Confederate names replaced

CNN  

CNN — The congressional naming commission which was set up to remove Confederate names from military bases has unveiled proposals to rename nine bases on Tuesday. The renaming of bases with Confederate monikers became a hot button political issue in the final months of the Trump administration, when then-President Donald Trump blasted the idea, accusing others of wanting to “throw …

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Longest war’s cost: thousands of lives, trillions of dollars
3 years, 3 months ago

Longest war’s cost: thousands of lives, trillions of dollars

Associated Press  

U.S. military planes have carried the last U.S. service members and diplomats from Kabul’s airport, ending America’s longest war. Because the United States between 2003 and 2011 fought the Afghanistan and Iraq wars simultaneously, and many American troops served tours in both wars, some figures as noted cover both post-9/11 U.S. wars. THE LONGEST WAR: Percentage of U.S. population born …

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Costs of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars
3 years, 4 months ago

Costs of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollars

Associated Press  

At just short of 20 years, the now-ending U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan was America’s longest war. Because the United States between 2003 and 2011 fought the Afghanistan and Iraq wars simultaneously, and many American troops served tours in both wars, some figures as noted cover both post-9/11 U.S. wars. Number of times lawmakers on Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee addressed …

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Pakistan 'Human Rights' minister Shireen Mazari draws ire over insensitive tweet after Taliban takes over Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan 'Human Rights' minister Shireen Mazari draws ire over insensitive tweet after Taliban takes over Afghanistan

Op India  

US troops arrived in Afghanistan to help evacuate thousands of people, including embassy staff, and Afghans and their families who worked for them as the Islamist outfit Taliban finally reached the gates of Kabul on Sunday. Shireen Mazari, the Minister for Human Rights in the federal government in Pakistan posted a tweet which juxtaposed the image of US withdrawal and …

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The Greatest Beer Run Ever: Zac Efron and Russell Crowe to star in adaptation of Vietnam War memoir
3 years, 9 months ago

The Greatest Beer Run Ever: Zac Efron and Russell Crowe to star in adaptation of Vietnam War memoir

Daily Mail  

Zac Efron and Russell Crowe will be starring in an adaptation of the book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir Of Friendship, Loyalty, And War. Incoming: Zac Efron and Russell Crowe will be starring in an adaptation of the book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, And War The book recounts the experiences of John …

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