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written by Steve Snyder For months, Apple TV+ has been using the photograph above in its publicity for Masters of the Air, a state-of-the-art 9-part...
written by SSGT Forrest Purdy, USAFRES SSGT Forrest Purdy, USAFRES, Manas AB, Kyrgyzstan, 2007 GWOT veteran Forrest Purdy wrote us after reading Vietnam Marine Jack...
written by Todd DePastinoI got to know Bill Bonnamy on our 2018 WWII Battlefield of Europe, where we traveled from Paris and Normandy, through Holland,...
written by Jack Woodard As an 18-year-old Marine dog handler in Vietnam, I often found lots of ways to get in trouble, as did my...
written by Todd DePastino Charles Willson Peale, 1776, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons At first glance, it’s a stupid question. He was Commander-in-Chief for 21...
written by Pat Jernigan (Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired) I’m a proud Vietnam veteran, and sometimes I’ll wear a hat that identifies me as such. Occasionally,...
written by Todd DePastino Marion, Ohio, Army veteran Mike Crabtree is a retired firefighter and self-described history nerd. In 2018, his curiosity got the best...
written by Todd DePastino We’ve heard a lot of chilling stories, beautifully told, but John “Lucky” Luckadoo, who served as a B-17 co-pilot and survived...
written by Todd DePastino On February 17, 1979, China launched over 200,000 soldiers across its southern border in a “punitive war” against Vietnam that would...
written by Todd DePastino Just after midnight on January 30, 1968, tens of thousands of Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese Army (NVA) regulars attacked...
written by Briana Hilton (UnSplash) Nestled in the heart of historic Boston, the Old North Church Memorial Garden stands as a poignant tribute to those...
written by Todd DePastino On January 23, 1973, President Richard Nixon announced that America’s war in Vietnam was over. A peace treaty had been signed...