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written by Todd DePastino On October 10, 1845, the United States Naval Academy opened its doors at an old abandoned Army post, Fort Severn, in...
written by Bob Connor Vietnam veteran Louie Dunham acquired an NVA helmet while serving as an MP in Vietnam in the 1960s. He returned home...
written by Haya Eason October 23, 1983, began as just another quiet Sunday morning at Marine Base Camp Geiger, North Carolina. I was a 20-year-old...
written by Curtis McLachlan Curtis McLachlan is a Vietnam veteran who owns Curtis McLachlan Construction & Remodeling in Carson City, Nevada. He also runs the...
written by Bill Spanos Vietnam Veteran Bill Spanos was a US Army advisor to the South Vietnamese Army, which was called ARVN (Army of the Republic...
written by Todd DePastino Probabaly the Government of French Indochina, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons In part one of this essay, we discussed how Vietnam’s...
written by Todd DePastino Before the arrival of the French, Vietnam was a feudal land made up of villages of subsistence farmers. The French began...
written by L. Jon Grogan L. Jon Grogan was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1975. He served various command and staff assignments in the United...
written by Todd DePastino Last month, in preparation for our 2023 VBC Vietnam Trip, we launched a series of talks and conversations around the history...
Robert J. Dvorchak has been awarded the 2023 silver medal for writing in the history category of the annual competition held by the Military Writers...
written by Todd DePastino The September 18 History Museum in Shenyang (陳炬燵, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons) On September 18, 1931, the first seeds...
written by George Dvorznak Memory can be tricky. Sometimes, past experiences lay dormant, out of reach, only to come forth in a rush of vivid...
