By Todd DePastino Vietnam announced plans to build a $67 billion high-speed railway from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). Ground will break in 2027, and the first trains will run in 2035. The route will stretch almost 1,000 miles, north to south, and promises to more tightly connect the two ancient
by Andy Nigut Andy Nigut served in Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division in I Corps near the DMZ in 1968, when he was almost mortally wounded by an enemy rocket in the face and body. After a long recovery, Andy became a VA counselor, and, with other young combat veterans,
A Marine’s Letter Home Paul Keaveney, of Smyrna Beach, Florida, served in Vietnam as a Lance Corporal with the 3rd Force Recon Company, First Marine Division. In February of 1970, during a patrol in the A Shau Valley, he and his fellow Marines ended up in a firefight with NVA. For his actions that
written by Alan Krause I was not able to attend the VBC Scuttlebutt's Open Conversation about Marc Leepson’s proposal that the term “Combat Veteran” be deleted from the Vietnam Veterans lexicon. But I did view it on YouTube. It was a well conducted meeting and easy to watch and listen. In regard to the
Bell UH-1 Huey Tail Rotor Chain, Vietnam (Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association) written by Todd DePastino During Rosemary Thunder Schwoebel's recent presentation about her book, A Vietnam Memoir: Adventures of an American Red Cross Donut Dolly, 1968-69, she raised her right arm and displayed a artifact I'd never seen or heard of before:
written by Todd DePastino We have another hot-button topic that triggered reader responses rivaling our post about the Navy peacoat’s demise, our attempt to define what a Warrant Officer is, and stories about elephant sightings in Vietnam. The subject this time is the term "combat veteran." What prompted our discussion was an article by
