Articles Related to Vietnam War
June 1, 2017
Vietnam Veterans of America to Hold 18th National Convention in New Orleans
(Washington, D.C.) --Vietnam Veterans of America will hold its 18th biennial National Convention August 8-12, 2017, at the Sheraton New Orleans and New Orleans Marriott hotels. “We’re excited to be in New Orleans for what…
Author Query: Divine Intervention in the War Zone
March 6, 2017
For a book he is preparing, Mike Burns, the author of A Battalion of Angels, and a Vietnam War veteran, would like to hear from folks who, in his words, "experienced some form of Divine…
Author Query: Army Ranger LRRPs
April 26, 2016
Tom McHugh, who served in the Army in 1961-62, is writing a novel with a main character who is a U.S. Army Ranger LRRP in Vietnam working with Nung fighters from 1963-68. McHugh is looking for…
‘Service, Sacrifice, and Courage’ Doc
April 25, 2016
"Vietnam: Service, Sacrifice, and Courage" is the title of a new documentary featuring a group of Vietnam War veterans from Northeast Florida discussing their service in the war and their experiences after coming home. Produced…
‘True Honor’ Vietnam War Fighter Pilots Doc
April 23, 2016
"True Honor, " a 2001 documentary about Vietnam War fighter pilots in the air war over North Vietnam, is now available on line. The 80-minute doc, written and directed by Lon Gibby, focuses on the…
Author Query: Looking for Marines Photographed by David Douglas Duncan
March 2, 2016
Chaplain Richard Black at Con Thien, September 1967 Franck Leclerc, a French newspaper reporter, is working on a book on the work of the great war photographer David Douglas Duncan, a Marine who served in…
Member of Chapter 451 Featured in Documentary
February 9, 2016
Dennis "Doc" Noah, an active VVA member of Baltimore Chapter 451 , is one of many Vietnam veterans to be featured in an upcoming documentary made by Maryland Public Television. The two-part project by MPT…
New HBO Doc on Richard Holbrooke
November 2, 2015
Richard Holbrooke was an important voice in U.S. foreign policy from his first State Department assignment in 1963 as a civilian AID worker in South Vietnam until his death in 2010. Along the way, he…
'American Boys' Wins Big Book Honor
October 15, 2015
Journalist Louise Esola 's book, American Boys , which we reviewed on The VVA Veteran 's Books in Review II page back in January, has been named the grand prize winner of the Writer's Digest…
The Gomorrah Principle by Rick DeStefanis
October 7, 2015
Rick DeStefanis, a veteran of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, dedicates The Gomorrah Principle (more…)