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Vietnam War

The complex history of the Vietnam War, the troops who fought it, the political battles back home, and our ongoing effort to honor the service members who came home to an uncertain nation.

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Inside Operation Frequent Wind and the scramble to get US military out of Vietnam

By Stephen Ruiz

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6 songs that will always remind America of the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

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Green Beret ‘Hatchet Forces’ terrorized the communists during the Vietnam War

By Friedrich Seiltgen

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A Medal of Honor recipient explains what being an American means

By Stephen Ruiz

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Two legendary Vietnam War Marines and a GWOT Green Beret received the Medal of Honor

By Miguel Ortiz

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This Medal of Honor recipient turned on his helicopter lights during a risky rescue in Vietnam

By Stephen Ruiz

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A Vietnam War pilot who purposely went down with his plane may receive the Medal of Honor

By Blake Stilwell

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Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient Bruce ‘Snake’ Crandall dies at 93

By Miguel Ortiz

Operation Babylift
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The tragedy and controversy surrounding Operation Babylift

By Stephen Ruiz

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How Ronald Reagan healed scars from Vietnam on Memorial Day in 1984

By Stephen Ruiz

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This Black Green Beret battled communists and racism in Vietnam

By Miguel Ortiz

Craig Venter
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Trailblazing Vietnam veteran helped reveal how humans came to be

By Stephen Ruiz

Joe Kittinger
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Before 3 tours in Vietnam, this fighter pilot dropped nearly 20 miles from high above

By Stephen Ruiz

Dieter Dengler
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This Navy aviator escaped his captors during the Vietnam War and lived to tell about it

By Stephen Ruiz

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8 of the most terrifying Vietnam War booby traps

By Blake Stilwell

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‘The Iron Major’: James Capers Jr.’s long road to the Medal of Honor

By Daniel Tobias Flint

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The real story of Jane Fonda and the Vietnam vets who hate her

By Blake Stilwell

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How a sailor remembered 256 prisoners of war through song

By Blake Stilwell

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The shortest soldier in American history was a Green Beret who fought in Vietnam

By Blake Stilwell

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This was the only mutiny on an American ship in the past 100 years

By Blake Stilwell