Articles Related to Vietnam War
The Ghosts of the Green Grass by J. L. Bud Alley
June 18, 2015
Invariably, wars produce battles that become historical benchmarks. Not enough can be written or spoken about those events. Arguably, the Vietnam War's 1965 Battle in the Ia Drang Valley between the Army's newly formed 1st Air…
Choosing Courage by Peter Collier
June 17, 2015
Peter Collier's Choosing Courage: Inspiring Stories of What It Means To Be a Hero (Artisan, 240 pp., $18.95) is an image-heavy children's book (aimed at fourth to eight graders) that presents stories of American military…
Ace: The Story of Lt. Col. Ace Cozzalio by Rex Gooch
June 12, 2015
Rex Gooch was a helicopter pilot with the Lighthorse Air Cavalry in the Vietnam War in the Mekong Delta in 1971. When attending Lighthorse reunions years later, he heard stories about another pilot named Ace Cozzalio,…
Seed of Endurance by Rudy Cooper and Rosemary Wilkinson
June 11, 2015
Sgt. Maj. Rudy Cooper earned three Combat Infantryman Badges—in the Second World War, Korea, and Vietnam—along with many wounds. None of his wounds was as traumatic as the damage he suffered when his main and…
Forces-at-Play by Daniel Refvik
June 5, 2015
I surmise from internal evidence in his book, Forces-at-Play (Outskirts, 550 pp., $25.95, paper; $9.99, Kindle) that Dan Refvik served in Vietnam in the Marine Corps, but nowhere in the book does he ‘fess up to that. The…
The Most Fun I Ever Had with My Clothes On by Tom Davis
June 3, 2015
Here's the deal. When you pick up a book, do you expect to read all of it? If not, why not? That is the dilemma posed by Retired Army Col. Tom Davis in The Most…
If I Could Find a Way by John M. Koelsch
June 3, 2015
John M. Koelsch served in the Army in the Vietnam War as a infantry Platoon Leader in 1968. He is the author of Mickey 6 , a novel based on his combat experiences. Koelsch describes his book…
The Dead Were Mine by Charles W. Honaker
May 28, 2015
Bill Honaker begins his Vietnam War memoir by telling us what he is not going to tell: "I have deliberately left out some of the events I experienced, " he says, "in part because I…
A Never-Ending Battle by Howard B. Patrick
May 27, 2015
Howard B. Patrick's A Never-Ending Battle: How Vietnam Changed Me Forever (CreateSpace, 208 pp., $10.99, paper) is a classic account of how combat in the Vietnam War resulted in many years of post-traumatic stress disorder…
‘Reporting Vietnam’ Exhibit to Open in D.C.’s Newseum
May 20, 2015
"Reporting Vietnam , " a multimedia exhibit showcasing how journalists covered the Vietnam War, opens May 22 at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The extensive exhibit, held in conjunction with the 50th anniversary commemorations of…