Letter from Vietnam magazine
X-Ray Visions When Bill Beck saw the December 2010 issue of Vietnam and our presentation of sketches by North Vietnamese Army combat artist Le Duc Tuan, he asked if we would be interested in taking a...
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We Were Lob Bombed Too Following up on General Stanley Cherrie's article (December, "Case of the Mysterious Lob Bomb"), I was a first lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, headquartered on...
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Tet 'Quickly Overwhelmed?' The February article by Rod Paschall about Tet 1968 in Saigon ("The Center of the Storm") notes the United States "swiftly crafted a crushing counterattack" that "quickly...
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Those Beautiful Evil Eyes Reading "Rescue in Death Valley" (April) relating to Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 163, the "Evil Eyes," took me back to Aug. 8, 1966. I was a platoon sergeant with E...
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Saluting Summers In the June "Letter From Vietnam," you wrote about retired Army colonel and founding editor of Vietnam Harry G. Summers Jr. and featured the cover of the premier issue of Vietnam...
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A Shau Addendum Although 45 years have passed, I remember some facts that are not quite in agreement with Richard Camp's fine article "Rescue in Death Valley" (April). I was a member of HMM-163 from...
View ArticleEditorial - October 2012
Hereford's Hard Story Some stories are harder than others. Harder to unwind, harder to absorb. Such is the story that played out over the course of about an hour one sweltering afternoon in May 1966...
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Remembering LZ Hereford The article "Last Stand at LZ Hereford" by Michael Christy (October) had me living that experience as if I were there. I served in Vietnam with the Marines, including 40 days...
View ArticleLetters from Readers - Vietnam magazine February 2013
Hailing Hereford I've been reading Vietnam magazine for several years. This is my first letter. The October 2012 account of the brave men in the article "Last Stand at Landing Zone Hereford" is...
View ArticleLetter from Vietnam magazine - Feb. 2013 - on becoming a partner with the...
Counting the Years Last Memorial Day at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, President Barack Obama launched the Department of Defense program to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War. On the stage...
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