Arts of War
Frederick Forrest, 1936-2023
June 28, 2023
The actor Frederic Forrest, who died on June 23 at 86, had a long career on the stage and screen. Most of the many newspaper and online obituaries highlighted his Oscar-nominated role as the limo…
Project RENEW D.C.-Area Events, June 14 & 15
June 12, 2023
RENEW is a nonprofit humanitarian organization co-founded by Vietnam War veteran Chuck Searcy, that for many years has worked to locate and destroy unexploded ordnance in Vietnam, as well as to supply prosthetics for Vietnamese…
Free Lt. Dan Band concert honoring Vietnam War veterans in D.C. May 26
May 22, 2023
There are still a few seats left for the Gary Sinise & the Lt. Dan Band’s free Welcome Home concert honoring Vietnam War veterans on Friday, May 26, at 6:00 p.m. at Constitution Hall in…
Virginia Vietnam War veterans wanted for a Virginia Museum of History & Culture special exhibit
May 14, 2023
The Virginia Museum of History & Culture is putting together “Virginia and the Vietnam War,” an extensive exhibit dealing with Virginians' experiences during the war. The exhibit, which will open on November 23, 2024, and…
Vietnam War Veteran Rodney Kelley’s New Book about an Early 20th Century Boys Boarding School
April 10, 2023
Retired U.S. Army Col. Rodney Kelley's military career stretched from 1969-99. During the Vietnam War, he served in Cambodia in 1970 and later as MACV senior adviser for a Mobile Advisory Team in Phu Yen…
Author Query: Hamburger Hill Veterans Wanted for New Book
March 26, 2023
Kelly Hagen, who is writing a book about the May 1969 Battle of Hamburger Hill, is looking for veterans who took part in that engagement who are willing to talk to her about their experiences.…
New in paperback: ‘Colin Powell: Imperfect Patriot’
March 13, 2023
Jeffrey Matthews’ Colin Powell: Imperfect Patriot, first published in 2020, is now available in paperback (University of Notre Dame Press, 416 pp., $29). As Dan Hart wrote in his Books in Review II review the book…
Jesse Trevino, 1946-2023
February 20, 2023
Jesse Trevino, the internationally acclaimed artist who served a combat-heavy tour of duty with the U.S. Army 9th Infantry Division, died February 13 in San Antonio where he grew up. He was 76 years old…
’50 Years Beyond: The Vietnam Veteran Experience’ at the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond
February 16, 2023
On January 27 the Virginia War Memorial in Richmond opened a new exhibit, “50 Years Beyond: The Vietnam Veteran Experience,” centered on in-depth video interviews with 50 Virginia Vietnam War veterans recorded in Richmond and…
Now Playing Off Broadway: ‘Memorial’ – the Story of the VN Veterans Memorial
February 6, 2023
There certainly was a lot of drama involved forty-plus years ago after the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund--following a nationwide blind competition--chose a design created by a 19-year-old Yale University student named Maya Lin for the…