ROANOKE, Va. – Three months before the 1972 presidential election, Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger huddled together in the Oval Office to discuss when and how to get out of Vietnam. Despite a ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: Airpower had always been a key factor—actually the key factor—factor in America’s favor during the war in Indochina. But in 1972, it was the only politically feasible ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: The South Vietnamese were simply outmatched. The key northern border town of Quang Tri fell, and the NVA advanced to the gates to the vital city of Hue. Hampered as ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Wednesday marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. On April 30, 1975, communist Viet Cong forces took over Saigon, the former capital of South Vietnam. The Fall of Saigon ...
(WATE) — April 30, 2025, marks 50 years since the Fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. As we reflect on the war’s lasting impact, 6 News anchors Lori Tucker and Bo Williams sat down with 6 ...
Diane Evans, a Northfield woman, took part in a 1,200-mile bicycle journey from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, the former Saigon. Evans, an Army combat nurse, was the primary catalyst in establishing the ...
Four U.S. Army veterans who rescued seven people from a burning transport plane during the Vietnam War each received a Silver Star on Tuesday for their heroic actions. Robert Monette, Robert Frank, ...
To the editor: Jane Fonda's actions arguably triggered the end of the Vietnam War. ("Why L.A. County's 'Jane Fonda Day' declaration was so astoundingly insensitive," Opinion, May 9) As a Vietnam War ...
Exclusively for CounterPunch, Matthew Stevenson travels from Haiphong and Hanoi, in what was North Vietnam, to the Central Highlands and Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon and the capital, in search of ...