Tag: vietnam

I’m writing this now before the few memory banks I have left slowly turn the ones I…

During the turbulent years of the Vietnam War, the U.S. Marines were not only called to engage…

When my Momma sent me off to the Vietnam camp-o-ree with a few other MAG-36 folks during…

I have always regarded my 1966-67 Viet Nam combat tour with the Marine Corps as a remarkable…

From the late 1950s until the CH-46 entered service in 1965, the UH-34 operated as the mainstay…

Marines, Corpsmen, & Others, I’m assisting Jack Kull, HISTORIAN/Contractor for SNA International, working MACVSOG losses for the…

I sheathed my ka-bar after winning a territorial battle with a scorpion for a foxhole that was…

Post Image: Christmas 1967, Khe Sanh, Celebrated Ugly Angels style! By Elaine Zimmer Davis, www.BringingJerryHome.com An upside…

The United States Marine Corps has been immortalized in film for decades, with stories of heroism, sacrifice,…

The relationship between Marines and their Navy Corpsmen, affectionately known as “Doc,” is one of the most…

The relationship between Marine helicopter crews and infantry in Vietnam was forged in the crucible of combat,…

Honoring and Remembering As we reflect on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, let us honor and pay our…

Nestled in the scenic landscape of Vietnam’s Da Nang Province, Marble Mountain Air Facility (MMAF) stands as…

The Vietnam War, a conflict that spanned nearly two decades, left an indelible mark on American history….

With a compass to direct him in his job as a forward observer and a personal camera…

THIS IS A FULL Collection of 4 pages of FIRE BASES, AIR FORCE BASES, Naval and Medical,…

by Kerry “Doc” Pardue A couple of years ago someone asked me if I still thought about…

A good collection of MAG-16 (and related) photos from Vietnam given to me last week by Doug…

A guy gets time to think over here and I was thinking about all the support we…

PFC Paul Melvin Beddoe was more than a name or a story passed down in our family,…