written by Todd DePastino (LOC) "McNamara's Line" was an ambitious attempt to prevent North Vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam and Laos across the DMZ, which sat roughly along the 17th Parallel. Several military leaders endorsed the idea of defensive line across the DMZ almost from the time the border was created by
written by George Dvorznak Vietnam Veteran Steve Foreman emerges from a tunnel at Cu Chi during the VBC trip to Vietnam in 2018 During our recent history talk about the Vietnam War, I mentioned how the Ho Chi Minh Trail emptied out north and west of Saigon in a place called Cu
written by Todd DePastino Former USAF pilot Dick Westerhoff recently mentioned that when he flew the F-104 in the late 1950s, the ejection seat fired downward out the bottom of the aircraft. If you think that sounds like a bad idea, you're right. It was. Dick's Lockheed F-104 Starfighter was the leading
By Todd DePastino Do you know this Marine? We think he's Richard L. henry, Jr., who served in the USMC Combined Action Program CAP 3-3-6. John Suzadail wants to thank him for saving his life in 1970. Seventy-three-year-old Vietnam War veteran John Suzadail is on a quest to find his long-lost comrade,
To paint or not to paint? That was the question for US Army and Navy Air Forces in World War II. In late 1943, the Army and Navy both decided to stop painting their fighters and bombers in camouflage colors. From January 1944, all new B-17s, B-24s, P-38s, P-47s, and other aircraft, apart from
The Scuttlebutt | Season 8 Episode 9 https://youtu.be/L4B5xGHTYto The Leader Transition Institute prepares and walks beside people who are making pivots in their lives, with a special emphasis on service members, veterans, and their spouses who are transitioning from active military service to the civilian sector. LTI was launched in
