| 单词 | North Vietnamese |
| 例句 | As the Maddox had plowed through international waters off the North Vietnamese coast in the Gulf of Tonkin, three North Vietnamese patrol boats had attacked the ship. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z What was he doing here fighting the North Vietnamese? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z This was the first of many secret meetings between Kissinger and Le Duc Tho, a high-ranking member of the North Vietnamese government. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Johnson was quick to blame the North Vietnamese. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Johnson knew that the North Vietnamese were matching his escalations step for step. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Johnson told viewers that the North Vietnamese attacks had been fought off, with no American casualties. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The North Vietnamese agreed to accept South Vietnam as a separate country, and a cease-fire was established.On the same day, in Washington, DC, the Selective Service announced the end of the draft. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We heard all kinds of stories about how we were beating back the North Vietnamese. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The Communist assaults were also intended to make a statement about the ongoing Paris Peace Accords: the North Vietnamese would not be pushed around. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He hoped the bombing would bring the North Vietnamese to the negotiating table. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Someone saw a North Vietnamese soldier, took a shot at him, and missed. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It was clear the North Vietnamese would continue their relentless efforts to unify the country under Communist rule, and the situation was deteriorating rapidly. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He was after the North Vietnamese troops just across the border in Cambodia that were moving into Vietnam, attacking, and running back into Cambodia to hide in the jungle. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Shortly after Johnson’s speech, the North Vietnamese agreed to meet with the United States in Paris, France, for preliminary negotiations to end the war. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Five days later, as North Vietnamese troops encircled Saigon, Ford ordered the evacuation of all United States citizens from Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Vietnamization would show the North Vietnamese he was serious about working out a diplomatic solution, and at the same time assure Americans the war would soon be over. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Other North Vietnamese leaders vowed to continue the struggle. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “If both sides now return to the attitude of good will shown in October,” Kissinger cabled to the North Vietnamese, “the remaining problems can be rapidly solved.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I could not see how the South Vietnamese could win once we left, given the skill level of the North Vietnamese—and their determination.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z About four hundred pilots were stuck in horrific North Vietnamese prison camps. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “He was a North Vietnamese regular, from one of their big units, the 324th. They found his papers on him.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Word had come that a second North Vietnamese battalion was moving toward the area. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Adams was surprised to hear that the North Vietnamese were bringing rice to the orphanage. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Divided into two groups, they moved as quietly as they could through the plantation and into the surrounding jungle in single-file lines, searching for the North Vietnamese. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z President Johnson was saying that the United States was willing to stop its bombing if the North Vietnamese were ready to begin serious talks. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d heard stories of the North Vietnamese bringing supplies down on bicycles, moving from one place to another, carrying a few mortars and rounds of ammo on a bamboo pole. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z On August 2, North Vietnamese forces spotted the American destroyer Maddox cruising in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z North Vietnamese units were shelling the city from just two miles away. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Though he had ordered the bombing, Johnson wasn’t absolutely convinced the North Vietnamese had initiated another attack. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z While Johnson leaned over the table to look, McNamara pointed out potential targets for an American air strike, mainly North Vietnamese torpedo boat bases along the coast. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The ground troops, reinforced by heavy air support, destroyed the North Vietnamese sanctuaries, and confiscated weapons, rice, and medical equipment. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z A secret attempt at peace negotiations with the North Vietnamese was going nowhere. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The war in Vietnam spread to Cambodia when the United States bombed Cambodia’s borders to try to destroy the North Vietnamese bases. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do we know for a fact that the North Vietnamese provocation took place?” one advisor asked. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On June 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese troops crashed through the gates of the presidential palace in Saigon and raised their flag above the city, Lyndon Johnson lay in a Texas cemetery. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I came away from the January negotiations,” Kissinger later noted, “with the feeling that we would have to bomb the North Vietnamese again in early April or May.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There his task was to stop the North Vietnamese from firing rockets into Danang. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z A total of sixty-four American planes hit four North Vietnamese patrol boat bases. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Or that, even as the Paris Peace Accords continued, he had sent Henry Kissinger to conduct separate talks with the North Vietnamese without informing the South Vietnamese. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z In the first week of November of 1968, Mike Company was engaged in heavy fighting with a much larger North Vietnamese regiment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z After a brief mention of the building, he turned to the action in Vietnam, emphasizing that the air strikes had been made necessary by the North Vietnamese torpedo boat attacks. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z His immediate instinct was to retaliate against the North Vietnamese, but he held back. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But just ten days later, with intelligence reports showing an increase in North Vietnamese activity in Cambodia, Nixon made a stunning announcement. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We were in Nam to stop the North Vietnamese from taking over South Vietnam. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The North Vietnamese would see what happened when he unleashed some of his firepower, but they wouldn’t be able to protest. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The North Vietnamese had begun using a series of forest-covered paths known as the Ho Chi Minh Trail to move soldiers and supplies from North to South. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As North Vietnamese attacks in South Vietnam intensified, Johnson decided to run a continuous bombing campaign over North Vietnam aimed at destroying railroads, bridges, roads, and manufacturing plants. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z By the end of June, Nixon pulled the American troops out of Cambodia, but continued his secretive policies of bombing Cambodia and having Kissinger meet with the North Vietnamese. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Three years earlier, President Lyndon B. Johnson had sent troops to aid the South Vietnamese government in its fight against the Communist North Vietnamese. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Three North Vietnamese boats sped up and fired torpedoes at the Maddox. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In April 1975, the North Vietnamese Communists swept down through South Vietnam, heading for the capital, Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Kissinger brought the proposals to Paris, knowing there was zero chance they would be accepted by the North Vietnamese. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The Americans agreed to halt the bombing of North Vietnam, and in exchange North Vietnamese negotiators agreed to sit down with representatives of the government of South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Her husband and three of her children were hundreds of miles away in Da Nang, with the entire North Vietnamese Army between them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z All along, the North Vietnamese had been demanding the removal from power of President Thieu’s government in South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z One day a North Vietnamese soldier was brought into triage, and Adams was asked to take care of him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He worried Americans—especially draftees—just didn’t have the same drive as the North Vietnamese. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Pointing to the map in Major Cooper’s arms, Wheeler described a more aggressive alternative: mine North Vietnamese harbors to block Soviet and Chinese ships bringing in military supplies. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z But the North Vietnamese refused to make any concessions. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z At the same time, he did not abandon hope of finding some way to budge the North Vietnamese. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A month later, Kissinger returned from more secret negotiations with the North Vietnamese and reported to Nixon that his latest attempts had broken down once again. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Privately, Westmoreland confided to Johnson that the North Vietnamese were definitely up to something. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The North Vietnamese were vowing to fight for as long as it took to win, Johnson pointed out. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The North Vietnamese immediately began moving more troops and weapons from North to South. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “And now they think that a whole regiment of North Vietnamese regulars are coming through Laos and Cambodia now. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When Kissinger prepared to return to Paris for talks with the North Vietnamese, Nixon emphasized that he was in no hurry to end the war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He could not fathom why the North Vietnamese would keep fighting, given the arsenal of weapons the Americans had. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The sessions consisted mainly of the North Vietnamese negotiator lecturing Kissinger about the need to replace the American “puppets” in South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The city became a place for American soldiers to recuperate between missions, until it fell to the North Vietnamese in 1975. Eating My Way Through Vietnam’s Most Livable City 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z That book exposed the Nixon administration’s deceptions in persuading Saigon’s government to sign the Vietnam peace accords by offering empty promises that if the North Vietnamese reneged, Washington would retaliate with heavy bombing. Jerrold Schechter, Who Procured Khrushchev’s Memoirs, Dies at 90 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z It includes a 1962 North Vietnamese propaganda engraving in lacquer, which the still-living artist, who later fought in the war, recreated exclusively for the historical society. Highlighting Vietnam War's relevance, exhibit opens in New York 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z The truth that the American war in Vietnam was wrong did not mean that we were obliged to idealize its victors, or see past the victims of North Vietnamese power. The Coruscating Moral Vision of André Glucksmann 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Ambassador to South Vietnam, Graham A. Martin, pleaded with Brent Scowcroft, then deputy national security adviser, for help evacuating people from Saigon as North Vietnamese forces advanced. An Online Museum Shows Life During Wartime 2021-03-28T04:00:00Z On June 8, 1966, he was peppered with fragments from a North Vietnamese grenade as the American unit he was with came under attack in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. Ward Just, 84, Dies; Ex-Journalist Found Larger Truths in Fiction 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Fonda was dubbed "Hanoi Jane" nearly 40 years ago after visiting the North Vietnamese capital, where she made radio broadcasts critical of U.S. war policy. Jane Fonda: QVC axed my appearance over politics 2011-07-16T21:35:07Z They also wanted to offer some typical North Vietnamese coffee shop items, like frothy egg coffee and cold coconut coffee. Soup Shop, From Owners of Hanoi House, Opens in East Village 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z “The North Vietnamese certainly knew it wasn’t the Swiss bombing them.” Leo Cullum, Longtime New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 68 2010-10-26T01:10:00Z He spent more than five years in a North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp, where he was tortured. John McCain’s family and the public pay their respects in Arizona 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z He thinks it enhanced “our credibility” and also helped the White House to get credit for the peace deal that Henry Kissinger was concluding with the North Vietnamese. ‘The Nixon Tapes: 1973,’ Edited by Douglas Brinkley and Luke A. Nichter 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Vu was born in Saigon and immigrated to the U.S. at age 6 when the city fell to the North Vietnamese. UW jazz program energized by 'The Vu Effect' 2010-06-08T03:37:00Z McCain had a legendary backstory, too: His esteemed military family, his service as a Naval pilot and his imprisonment and torture in a North Vietnamese prison camp. John McCain knew how to make journalists love him 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z He was about to secure a peace agreement with the North Vietnamese. ‘King Richard’ Finds Fresh Drama in Watergate 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z The North Vietnamese stalled about signing a peace accord, so he ordered the Christmas bombings over Hanoi and Haiphong, with dozens of U.S. airmen becoming casualties, captors, or among the missing. "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre": A metaphor for Nixon-era mayhem 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z As North Vietnamese forces got closer to Saigon, Martin chose to delay any action on evacuating locals from the country. Rory Kennedy recounts the 1975 fall of Saigon in new film 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Americans are in a state of panic as North Vietnamese forces prepare to occupy Saigon. Books of The Times: Tatjana Soli?s ?Lotus Eaters? Offers Lessons From Vietnam 2010-03-29T04:59:00Z A Vietnamese family of four, dead on a blanket, killed in a stampede as panicked refugees fled the advancing North Vietnamese in 1975. Images of the Vietnam War That Defined an Era 2013-09-04T22:30:01Z She gained the nickname “Hanoi Jane” in the 1970s when she was photographed atop a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun on a visit to Hanoi. 'Nobody works like Jane': hundreds join Fonda at latest climate protest 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z During the first season of Mr. Gladwell’s podcast, “Revisionist History,” released last year, he reported on educational philanthropy and a 1960s Pentagon mission to interview North Vietnamese soldiers, among other subjects. First, a Word From Our Celebrity 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z It sought to intimidate the North Vietnamese into withdrawing their forces from the South and taking the Vietcong guerrillas along with them. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z A dead North Vietnamese soldier and his plundered belongings, Hue, 1968. Don McCullin 2012-11-15T10:39:19Z They call him a Jane Fonda, as in hanging with the North Vietnamese. Michael Connelly’s ‘The Crossing’: Harry Bosch goes to the dark side 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z He offered “greetings of friendship to all the American people” from the North Vietnamese government, while dressed in a white tuxedo. How Hollywood feted the black power movement – and fell foul of the FBI 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z A haunting, brutal account of the conflict from the perspective of a young North Vietnamese soldier. The Classic Novel That Robert Macfarlane Just Couldn’t Finish 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Nguyen presents a gripping picture of the fall of Saigon, its confusion, chaos and terror, as the narrator flees with the others under a storm of shellfire from his Viet Cong and North Vietnamese comrades. ‘The Sympathizer,’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Over all, the most interesting scenes are not those that depict Americans but the less frequent, more unusual ones that show us Vietnamese villagers and Vietcong and North Vietnamese troops. Television Review: ?Vietnam in HD? on the History Channel - Review 2011-11-07T22:20:26Z Despite controversy over its portrayal of the North Vietnamese and use of the violent game Russian roulette, the film was praised by some critics as the best American movie since “The Godfather” six years earlier. Michael Cimino, Oscar-winning director of ‘The Deer Hunter,’ dies at 77 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z It is a harrowing account of the events of this week in 1975, when the North Vietnamese Army completed its takeover of South Vietnam, prompting a disorganized evacuation in Saigon and elsewhere. Vietnam Is Focus of TV Programs During Fall of Saigon Anniversary 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z And half a century on, one wishes to hear more from the determined North Vietnamese soldiers who fought as bravely as the Marines. Mark Bowden's searing 'Hue 1968' look finds miscalculations in the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The narrator’s North Vietnamese handler, Man, is also an old chum. ‘The Sympathizer,’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z What he meant was that he planned to expend 10 bombs to kill five North Vietnamese soldiers, instead of trading the lives of five American infantrymen for the same job. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Despite controversy over its portrayal of the North Vietnamese and use of the violent game Russian roulette, the film was praised by some critics as the best American movies since "The Godfather" six years earlier. 'Deer Hunter,' 'Heaven's Gate' director Michael Cimino dies 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Five weeks later, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese. ‘Southern Comfort’ and 'Hearts and Minds' on DVD 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z The destruction of Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army Hospitals in the South Vietnamese countryside was announced at the daily press briefings, the Five O’Clock Follies, by American military spokesmen in Saigon. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Not even the wildest of anti-communist politicians has predicted the conquest of the United States by the Vietcong guerrillas and the North Vietnamese army. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z It was shortly before the siege of Khe Sanh, one of the war’s bloodiest battles, and the Tet offensive, a widespread North Vietnamese campaign against targets in the South. Michael Herr, Author of a Vietnam Classic, Dies at 76 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z But I think it would be a lot more persuasive if it took into account North Vietnamese and Vietcong views. How Military Quagmires Have Caught Mighty Powers by Surprise 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z Nguyen was 4 when his family fled the approaching North Vietnamese army and came to the United States, so that story reflects, to a certain degree, his own experiences as an immigrant. Pulitzers: Broadway’s ‘Hamilton,’ novel ‘The Sympathizer’ among arts winners 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z She apologised a long time ago for sitting behind the North Vietnamese guns, but continued to protest against the war, even though people demonstrated outside her films for years to come. Jane Fonda: ‘I'm very rarely afraid. Maybe emotional intimacy scares me’ 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z He told Mr. Bowyer that he had driven the general to the city’s presidential palace on April 30, 1975, the day North Vietnamese tanks crashed through the palace gates and ended the Vietnam War. Blogging Is All About the Experiences 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z No single news source did more to document the bitter and costly struggle against North Vietnamese Communist regulars and Vietcong insurgents, and to turn the home front against the war, than The A.P. Images of the Vietnam War That Defined an Era 2013-09-04T22:30:01Z During the Vietnam War, Coconut Tree Prison was used by the United States as a detention camp for North Vietnamese soldiers. Overnighter: In Bustling Vietnam, a Rare and (still untrammeled) Escape 2012-01-13T17:53:11Z Marine throwing a grenade at a North Vietnamese soldier in Hue, it is clear the photographer was in danger when immortalizing the moment. War photography exhibit debuts in Houston museum 2012-11-10T18:39:08Z On one mission, you are slogging through the snowy tundra; on another, you are battling the North Vietnamese army in the jungle; and on yet another, you are commanding a helicopter mowing down remote villages. Game On: 'Call of Duty: Black Ops' one of the year's best 2010-11-18T05:16:00Z Ricks' documentation includes internal Army investigations and reports, Hanoi's military history of the Vietnam War, interviews with North Vietnamese veterans, and books, articles and criticisms written about military leadership. 'The Generals': Thomas Ricks on the decline of U.S. Army leadership 2012-11-15T22:24:04Z When we arrived at the scene, a young North Vietnamese soldier was lying on the ground, and blood was softly bubbling from a wound in his chest. WATCH: Veteran ABC cameraman reflects on his decade spent documenting Vietnam War 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z A North Vietnamese officer recalls when she was assigned to a house abandoned by a South Vietnamese counterpart, an unfinished dress that the daughter had been sewing still lying in place. Review: Ken Burns’s ‘Vietnam War’ Will Break Your Heart and Win Your Mind 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z When Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese in 1975, Mr. Fenton, a stringer for The Washington Post and other papers, hitched a ride into the city on one of the conquering tanks. A Story of Love and Obsession 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Her family was desperate to flee the city before it fell to the North Vietnamese. Meeting the Brother Who Can’t Remember Her 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z I was transported to a moment when I came upon a convoy of South Vietnamese refugees that had been hit by a North Vietnamese artillery strike. For more than a decade, butterflies have repeatedly landed on me. I think I’m blessed by the red admiral. 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z It includes a 1962 North Vietnamese propaganda engraving in lacquer, which the still-living artist, who later fought in the war, recreated exclusively for the historical society. Highlighting Vietnam War's relevance, exhibit opens in New York 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z I've only ever staged one picture in my life, in 1968, when I found a dead North Vietnamese soldier whose possessions had been rifled through by some American marines during the Tet offensive. Don McCullin 2012-11-15T10:39:19Z "I was told if I gave the North Vietnamese novel more than half a page I'd be sacked." Christopher MacLehose: A life in publishing 2012-12-28T22:55:09Z There are numerous, deeply personal interviews with men and women who fought in the North Vietnamese army or the Viet Cong, those who fought in South Vietnamese forces, and other citizens. Review | Yes, America, PBS’s ‘The Vietnam War’ is required viewing — all 18 hours of it 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Born just before the fall of Saigon, he flees the North Vietnamese with his mother and siblings for a North America of misty promise, liberty and prosperity. In 'Uncle Ho,' a Vietnamese immigrant's harsh, harrowing life is relived 2012-09-14T23:05:04Z The war would grind on seven more years before North Vietnamese tanks rolled into Saigon. Mark Bowden's searing 'Hue 1968' look finds miscalculations in the bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z In real life, Saigon was the capital of South Vietnam that was renamed Ho Chi Minh City after the war, and the North Vietnamese capital Hanoi was promoted to become the country’s capital. In “Watchmen,” just as in real life, feelings about Vietnam remain uncertain 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z Some of the early passages take place in South Vietnam, which is about to fall to the North Vietnamese. Review: ‘Vietgone,’ a Refugee Tale With Laughs and Rap 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z As the North Vietnamese armies routed the Southern forces, he refused to plan an exit strategy, believing in the face of overwhelming evidence that South Vietnam would survive. ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Looks at Fall of Saigon 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z However, the Tet Offensive was a massive political success for the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong, even though militarily speaking it was a disaster. Military expert on Gaza war: "When politicians act like children, children wind up dying" 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z During the war, McCain famously withstood brutal treatment at a North Vietnamese prison nicknamed the “Hanoi Hilton” for several years, leaving him with permanent injuries and earning him praise back home. Biden, Vietnamese leaders hail new era of relations, mark progress since war 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The North Vietnamese wanted to make a show of releasing McCain early as his father assumed command over the Pacific. Biden wraps Vietnam visit by talking with business leaders and visiting a memorial to John McCain 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Hill and the others were on a night mission to track the movement of enemy troops in a village near the Saigon River when they were discovered by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. Biden to award Medal of Honor to Army helicopter pilot who rescued soldiers in a Vietnam firefight 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z Hill and the three others were on a night mission to track the movement of enemy troops in a village near the Saigon River when they were found by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. Biden approves Medal of Honor for Army helicopter pilot who rescued soldiers in a Vietnam firefight 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z He believed it would force the North Vietnamese to the bargaining table. Henry Kissinger at 100: A centenarian with a remarkable life — and still a war criminal 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z He was on duty during critical moments in the clash with North Vietnamese forces near his ship in the Gulf of Tonkin, which effectively opened the Vietnam War. James F. Dobbins, Leading Authority on Nation Building, Dies at 81 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z In the 1960s, he conferred on Washington’s responses to the Cuban missile crisis and North Vietnamese attacks on American ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. Daniel Ellsberg, Who Leaked the Pentagon Papers, Is Dead at 92 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The conflict was, in fact, as much about colonialism and imperialism as it was communism: the essential motivation of the North Vietnamese forces was the desire to seize genuine independence from foreign powers. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z A crew member on duty believed he saw signs of a North Vietnamese torpedo strike on his sonar. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The North Vietnamese troops retreated in what was considered a tactical victory for the United States. How a Military Base’s New Name Honors a Military Spouse and Mother 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z And yet, in 1975, with U.S. troops withdrawn, the southern regime we had supported collapsed and the North Vietnamese military and its rebel allies in the South took over the country. War, what is it good for? Remarkably little if you're a "great" power in the twenty-first century 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z In 1965, U.S. forces and local militia were dispatched to attack North Vietnamese troops in the stronghold of Bong Son. Billy Waugh, veteran who tracked Carlos the Jackal for CIA, dies at 93 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Dismissing the Taliban as “not remotely comparable in terms of capability” to the North Vietnamese army, Mr. Biden replied that there was “zero” chance of Saigon redux. Opinion | Biden should share, not shift, blame for the Kabul debacle 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z The resolution gave President Lyndon Johnson permission to retaliate against North Vietnamese attacks and to act first to defend U.S. lives. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z While much has been said of the scorn and hostility American veterans faced on their return, little is available about the lives of North Vietnamese veterans. Perspective | The books I read to understand the Vietnam War 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Black, a journalist and the author of eight books, repeats the all-too-familiar story: a cunning and ruthless North Vietnamese army defeating the blind and brutal Americans and their feckless South Vietnamese allies. Review | Vietnam’s toxic legacy continues, and Agent Orange looms large 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Waugh’s team expected a few hundred North Vietnamese fighters. Billy Waugh, veteran who tracked Carlos the Jackal for CIA, dies at 93 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z But by the time of the North Vietnamese victory in April 1975, and the reunification of the country, relations were increasingly strained. Why Vietnam doesn't want to claim Ke Huy Quan 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z The company successfully raided an enemy camp, killing scores of North Vietnamese soldiers, some while they were still in their cots. Decades later, Black Army officer receives Medal of Honor 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Paris D. Davis, 83, for “conspicuous gallantry” while he was commanding a special forces unit group during combat with the North Vietnamese over two days in July 1965. President Joe Biden awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam War hero after 60-year wait 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z He engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the North Vietnamese, called for precision artillery fire and thwarted the capture of three American soldiers - all while suffering wounds from gunshots and grenade fragments. Black Vietnam vet finally honored with Medal of Honor 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z North Vietnamese soldiers assumed Mr. Waugh was dead. Billy Waugh, veteran who tracked Carlos the Jackal for CIA, dies at 93 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z He engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the North Vietnamese, called for precision artillery fire and thwarted the capture of three American soldiers — all while suffering wounds from gunshots and grenade fragments. Black Vietnam vet finally honored with Medal of Honor 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z They told how U.S. involvement was built up steadily by political leaders and top military brass who were overconfident about U.S. prospects and deceptive about the accomplishments against the North Vietnamese. Pentagon Papers leaker Ellsberg announces terminal cancer 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z In Bong Son, Vietnam, Mr. Davis was commanding an “inexperienced” South Vietnamese force when his team was attacked by North Vietnamese. President Joe Biden awards Medal of Honor to Vietnam War hero after 60-year wait 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Mr. Davis — one of the first Black officers to join the Army’s Special Forces — was wounded fighting off North Vietnamese forces during a battle in 1965. Biden to award Medal of Honor to Vietnam Vet who rescued team 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z In the early 1960s in Vietnam, he helped train local counterinsurgency units in South Vietnam and Laos that proved loyal but insufficient against the North Vietnamese. Billy Waugh, veteran who tracked Carlos the Jackal for CIA, dies at 93 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z North Vietnamese forces captured the South Vietnamese capital city of Saigon two years later in 1975, effectively placing the country under communist control. Lawmakers introduce resolution to give formal apology for treatment of Vietnam vets 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Davis, then a captain, was recommended for the Medal of Honor by his commanding officer for distinguishing himself on that June morning during a pre-dawn raid on a North Vietnamese army camp in Bong Son. Biden to award Medal of Honor to Vietnam-era Army officer 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Fighting ended only on April 30, 1975 after North Vietnamese forces captured the South's capital Saigon, triggering a chaotic and humiliating evacuation of remaining Americans and local allies by helicopter from the U.S. Nobel Prize body knew Kissinger's 1973 Vietnam deal unlikely to bring peace, documents show 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z President Lyndon B. Johnson was considering a major bombing campaign, called Rolling Thunder, against the North Vietnamese. Thomas Hughes, 97, Dies; Government Insider and Vietnam War Skeptic 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The story begins in Paris in October, when after years of stalemate, the peace negotiations took a sudden turn when U.S. and North Vietnamese negotiators each offered crucial concessions. The "Christmas bombing" of 1972 — and why that misremembered Vietnam War moment matters 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Air Force informs students that the United States entered the Vietnam War after the North Vietnamese attacked a U.S. destroyer in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964. J.R.O.T.C. Textbooks Offer an Alternative View of the World 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Going into combat in the years after his balloon ascents, Mr. Kittinger flew three tours of duty in Vietnam, became a squadron commander and shot down a North Vietnamese jet. Joseph Kittinger, a Record-Setter High in the Skies, Dies at 94 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z When the North Vietnamese staged their surprise Tet Offensive, mortar and artillery shells fell near the hospital compound. Catching up with Margarethe Cammermeyer on 10th anniversary of marriage equality in WA 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Bao Ninh wrote perhaps the saddest, most agonizing account of the Vietnam War, in which he narrowly survived as a North Vietnamese foot soldier, in “The Sorrow of War.” Gentle Ukrainian Film Critic Is Drafted Into Vicious Real-Life War Movie 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z That's why the American war was still going on in December, unequivocally as the result of U.S., not North Vietnamese, decisions. The "Christmas bombing" of 1972 — and why that misremembered Vietnam War moment matters 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z But an internal Pentagon report concluded that striking Hanoi, the North Vietnamese capital, had been “in retrospect, a colossal misjudgment.” Bombing Kyiv Into Submission? History Says It Won’t Work. 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Up to 40 stretchers an hour were coming off medevac flights — infantrymen, Marines, downed chopper crews injured in a North Vietnamese offensive in late 1968. Ronald Glasser, doctor who chronicled Vietnam War wounded, dies at 83 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z The unsuspecting North Vietnamese “would proceed to kill each other” with the faulty cars, he quipped. Review | The remarkable career, and long-hidden pain, of satirist Art Buchwald 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z Some of the techniques were later used in Vietnam to prolong the monsoon season, in an effort to make it harder for the North Vietnamese to supply their troops. Cloud Wars: Mideast Rivalries Rise Along a New Front 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z The North Vietnamese conceded nothing in the final agreement that they had not already conceded in the earlier round, before the bombing. The "Christmas bombing" of 1972 — and why that misremembered Vietnam War moment matters 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z The North Vietnamese denied the second attack, and Johnson himself doubted the reliability of the crews’ report. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Anne was the child of refugees from Vietnam who fled the country after the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces in 1975, the Mercury News reported. Man, 70, charged in 1982 rape and murder of 5-year-old girl in Monterey County 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Biden recalled how Birdwell’s unit took the brunt of attacks, and that Birdwell took charge after his tank commander was gravely wounded, laying down suppressive fire as North Vietnamese soldiers shot at him. Biden awards Medal of Honor to four Vietnam War soldiers 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Kaneshiro died in 1967 of a gunshot wound in Vietnam and received his honor posthumously for a Dec. 1, 1966 raid, where his unit came under fire by North Vietnamese troops. Biden awards Medal of Honor to 4 for Vietnam heroism 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z Instead, it says only that "as talks dragged on," Nixon ordered the December air campaign, after which "the North Vietnamese, now defenseless, returned to negotiations and quickly concluded a settlement." The "Christmas bombing" of 1972 — and why that misremembered Vietnam War moment matters 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z For their part, the North Vietnamese forces and the National Liberation Front in South Vietnam also used brutal tactics to terrorize and kill their opponents or effectively control their territory. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Kaneshiro died in 1967 of a gunshot wound in Vietnam and is being given the award posthumously for a Dec. 1, 1966 raid, where his unit came under fire by North Vietnamese troops. Live: Biden awards Medal of Honor to 4 for Vietnam heroism 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z On Dec. 1, 1966, his infantry squad was ambushed by North Vietnamese troops who were concealed in a village and protected by fortified bunkers, underground tunnels and a large trench. Biden awards Medal of Honor to four Vietnam War soldiers 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z On Nov. 14, 1965, Colonel Moore led his 450 troops to the infamous Landing Zone X-Ray, where they were ambushed by North Vietnamese soldiers who outnumbered the Americans 12 to 1. Army Bases That Honor Confederate Traitors Could Soon Be Renamed for These Heroes 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z The Pentagon's account gives a specific date for the North Vietnamese withdrawal: Dec. 18, the same day the bombing started. The "Christmas bombing" of 1972 — and why that misremembered Vietnam War moment matters 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Westmoreland’s predictions were called into question, however, when in January 1968, the North Vietnamese launched their most aggressive assault on the South, deploying close to eighty-five thousand troops. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z After his commanding officer was severely wounded, shot by North Vietnamese troops in one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War, Sgt. John Canley, awarded Medal of Honor 50 years after Tet Offensive, dies at 84 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z During the Vietnam War, he served as a platoon leader in combat operations that followed the 1968 Tet offensive by the North Vietnamese forces. Community deaths 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Gen. Reynolds — then a captain — was based in Thailand and on his second tour of duty in Southeast Asia when his F-105 Thunderchief was struck by North Vietnamese antiaircraft fire on Nov. 28, 1965. Jon Reynolds, Vietnam POW for more than seven years, dies at 84 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z A last pro forma meeting between the two sides took place on Dec. 16 and when it ended, the North Vietnamese said they wanted to proceed "as rapidly as possible." The "Christmas bombing" of 1972 — and why that misremembered Vietnam War moment matters 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, by 1969, he was beginning troop withdrawals from Vietnam while simultaneously looking for a “knockout blow” against the North Vietnamese. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z “We were surrounded by North Vietnamese soldiers. It was just a melee. Dirck and I got pinned down.” Dirck Halstead, photographer of war zones and presidents, dies at 85 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z Born in Vietnam, he said he was eight years old when North Vietnamese Communist forces took Saigon in 1975. Crypto aid for Ukraine: innovation or just a sideshow? 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z “I sincerely believe it was a source of strength to the North Vietnamese.” Jon Reynolds, Vietnam POW for more than seven years, dies at 84 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Paraded through the North Vietnamese capital, they were beaten and attacked by civilians along the way. Charles G. Boyd, Air Force general and former POW, dies at 83 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z The loss of strong support by their patrons, together with intensive bombing of Hanoi and the mining of crucial North Vietnamese harbors by U.S. forces, made the North Vietnamese more willing to negotiate. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The fighting went on for hours before the North Vietnamese troops were driven away by U.S. air power. Dirck Halstead, photographer of war zones and presidents, dies at 85 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z In 1968, the North Vietnamese launched a widespread attack on South Vietnam. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z To pursue Vietnamization while preserving the South Vietnamese government, Nixon authorized a massive bombing campaign against North Vietnamese bases and supply routes. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z On August 2, 1964, a sea battle occurred between a US destroyer and North Vietnamese torpedo boats in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the Vietnamese coast. False flags: What are they and when have they been used? 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z On January 27, 1973, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger signed an accord with Le Duc Tho, the chief negotiator for the North Vietnamese, ending American participation in the war. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z And President Lyndon B. Johnson justified an escalation of the war in Vietnam based on a supposed North Vietnamese attack on an American vessel in the Gulf of Tonkin that never happened. Why ‘Trust Us’ Is Often Reason Enough Not to Trust the Government 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z By 1975, the North Vietnamese had taken control of some regions of the South. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z President Lyndon Johnson told Congress that North Vietnamese patrol boats had attacked two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Both sides experienced damage to their vessels and the North Vietnamese lost four men and suffered six other casualties. False flags: What are they and when have they been used? 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z When he requested money to assist the South Vietnamese government in its effort to repel North Vietnamese forces, Congress refused. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z She suggested that they might adopt tactics of the North Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War by hiding out in tunnels. Jan. 6 defendants Rhodes, Vallejo will stay jailed until bond hearings next week 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z In April 1975, with the capital city, Saigon, about to fall to the North Vietnamese, South Vietnam surrendered. myWorld: The Growth of Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z During the war, it had suffered U.S. bombing when it was used as a sanctuary by North Vietnamese and Vietcong troops. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z However, it is now likely the second attack by the North Vietnamese never happened. False flags: What are they and when have they been used? 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z On the morning of April 29, 1975, as North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces moved through the outskirts of Saigon, orders were given to evacuate Americans and South Vietnamese who had supported the United States. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z On Jan. 11, the charging papers allege, another Oath Keeper suggested they adopt tactics similar to the North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War. Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes charged with seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 Capitol riot 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z He said in his autobiography that the North Vietnamese had placed a bounty on his head, such was his success on the battlefield. Richard Marcinko: Seal Team Six founder dies at 81 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z After 1975, the victorious North Vietnamese imposed tight controls over the South. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Declassified documents released in 2005 suggest the North Vietnamese navy was not attacking the US ship but trying to salvage two of the boats damaged on 2 August. False flags: What are they and when have they been used? 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z North Vietnamese forces entered Saigon the next day, and the South surrendered. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The North Vietnamese placed a bounty of Marcinko's head because of his effective leadership, but he evaded the enemy. Richard Marcinko, first commanding officer of Seal Team 6, dies on Christmas 2021-12-26T05:00:00Z Tan’s parents and oldest sister fled Vietnam by boat in 1978, three years after U.S. forces pulled out of the country, and the capital, known then as Saigon, fell to the North Vietnamese army. Their families fled Vietnam. Now they're helping Afghan refugees in America 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Ghost Company evolved from 2/1’s Ghost Battalion, which earned its name, according to Marine Corps legend, through a history of rapid helicopter assaults in Vietnam that left frustrated North Vietnamese commanders in their wake. Witnesses to the End 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z Trump had repeatedly attacked her late husband, including belittling his military service, which included years in a North Vietnamese prison camp during the Vietnam War. U.S. Senate confirms Flake, McCain, Kennedy, Udall as ambassadors 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z By the end of the month, the North Vietnamese would take control of Saigon. Operation Babylift: A frantic Saigon rescue effort is echoed in Kabul’s chaos 2021-08-29T04:00:00Z He was famously imprisoned by the North Vietnamese for five years. VP Harris opens CDC branch, pledges to fight Beijing ‘bullying’ in Southeast Asia 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z In less than two months, all of South Vietnam capitulated to the North Vietnamese. Opinion | I Can’t Forget the Lessons of Vietnam. Neither Should You. 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z By 1968, American generals were arguing that the North Vietnamese had been “whipped,” as one put it. America’s Afghan War: A Defeat Foretold? 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z For the next three days, they struggled to fight off North Vietnamese regulars, sometimes in bloody hand-to-hand combat. Joseph Galloway, chronicler and champion of soldiers in Vietnam, dies at 79 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z “The Taliban is not the North Vietnamese army,” he said last month. Biden defends Afghan decisions; blames Afghan forces for lack of fight 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z The Fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces in 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War. Taliban take over Afghanistan: What we know and what’s next 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z On one side of the airfield, two platoons of North Vietnamese troops were waiting for them; on the other, abandoned South Vietnamese equipment and thousands of desperate refugees clogged the runway. The fall of Saigon: As Taliban seizes Kabul, the Vietnam War’s final days remembered 2021-08-15T04:00:00Z Embassy in Saigon, where diplomats and other Americans escaped the North Vietnamese army in a frantic airlift from the compound’s rooftop. It’s Situation Normal for U.S. Diplomats in Kabul, Despite Taliban Gains 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Roughly 6,000 Americans were still in South Vietnam in the weeks before the capital fell, and hundreds remained as North Vietnamese forces swept in. Plan to evacuate U.S. allies from Afghanistan raises specters of Iraq and Vietnam 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Initially fearing a mass evacuation would undermine the South Vietnamese military, the U.S. watched for weeks as the North Vietnamese Army overtook South Vietnam before starting to fly out Americans and allies. Calls grow to evacuate Afghans to Guam as US troops leave 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Some lawmakers have raised the specter of Vietnam, where U.S. diplomats and their Vietnamese employees crowded onto rooftops for helicopter rescue as North Vietnamese troops entered the capital. NATO allies seek clarity on maintaining secure facilities in Afghanistan following troop withdrawal 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z The papers, Colonel Ha remembers, reinforced the conviction of young North Vietnamese men like himself to enlist and serve his country. In Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers Are History Written by the Defeated 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z The North Vietnamese mounted a final offensive, captured Saigon and won the war in April 1975. The Secrets and Lies of the Vietnam War, Exposed in One Epic Document 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z American bombers dropped tens of millions of litres of Agent Orange defoliant in Vietnam and Laos to deprive North Vietnamese fighters of camouflage and food between 1962 and 1971. Agent Orange: French court rejects lawsuit against chemical companies 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z The communist North Vietnamese army imprisoned 300,000 of them for as long as 18 years, subjecting them to forced labor, starvation and torture. Opinion | What the United States owes its Afghan allies 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Webb was already a reporting legend, owing both to her work and to her kidnapping by the North Vietnamese. Review | Three female journalists who braved the chaos of Vietnam 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z All of this was kept secret from the North Vietnamese public at the time. In Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers Are History Written by the Defeated 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Gen. William C. Westmoreland, the head of U.S. forces in Vietnam, had commanded the South Vietnamese military while they staged clandestine raids on North Vietnamese islands. The Secrets and Lies of the Vietnam War, Exposed in One Epic Document 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z Caught sleeping, scores of North Vietnamese troops died in their cots, while others fled into the jungle. A Black Soldier’s Heroism, Overlooked in 1965, May Finally Be Lauded in 2021 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Soon after, American POWs would indeed be released by their North Vietnamese captors as the American war in Vietnam ended. POW nation: When will America free itself from war? 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z And they told how involvement was built up steadily by political leaders and top military brass who were overconfident about U.S. prospects and deceptive about the accomplishments against the North Vietnamese. Neil Sheehan, Pentagon Papers reporter, Vietnam author, dies 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z North Vietnamese troops would soon enough enter Saigon, the South Vietnamese capital; the president of the United States, Richard Nixon, was then trapped in an escalating scandal called "Watergate." We've been on Donald Trump's road for a long, long time 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z North Vietnamese PT boats fought back and had “mistaken Maddox for a South Vietnamese escort vessel,” according to a report. The Secrets and Lies of the Vietnam War, Exposed in One Epic Document 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z He was captured by North Vietnamese forces in 1970, at a time when several other Western journalists were abducted and killed. Robert Sam Anson, journalist who chronicled war, power and social ills, dies at 75 2020-11-07T05:00:00Z The North Vietnamese saw it differently, however, perhaps because it was they who were being bludgeoned and flattened by U.S. military power. POW nation: When will America free itself from war? 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z The 1914 version remains true to its North Vietnamese roots: Two types of pork, including meatballs with rich deposits of fat, are submerged in a bowl of fish sauce cut with broth. Review | 1914 by Kolben is a delicious homage to the cafes that once lined Hanoi’s ‘train street’ 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z He was one of several POWs, including Jeremiah A. Denton Jr., a future Republican senator from Alabama, singled out for particularly harsh treatment for defying their North Vietnamese captors. Sam Johnson, Vietnam POW who became a Texas congressman, dies at 89 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z Johnson noted that Kerry had testified to Congress in 1971 about atrocities by U.S. troops in Vietnam and compared him to actress Jane Fonda, who had visited North Vietnamese forces in Hanoi. Texas congressman Sam Johnson, conservative former Vietnam POW, dies at 89 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z After three weeks, he was released, noting that the North Vietnamese had treated him “like a brother.” Robert Sam Anson, journalist who chronicled war, power and social ills, dies at 75 2020-11-07T05:00:00Z At another point, Adkins, a one-time baseball catcher, snagged a North Vietnamese hand grenade in mid-air another time and hurled it back at the enemy. Lives Lost: Alabama Medal of Honor winner downplayed heroism 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z It's true that these initial small steps seem like anything but the equivalent of the final dramatic evacuation from the U.S. embassy in Saigon in 1975 as North Vietnamese troops moved into town. Might the coronavirus be a peacemaker? 2020-04-18T04:00:00Z Trump said admiration for McCain’s service in the Vietnam War was misplaced because McCain had been captured by the North Vietnamese. Trump’s sarcastic response to Mitt Romney’s negative test for coronavirus follows years of bad blood 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z They are ostensibly on the side of the royal government as the insurgent communists, Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese, move stealthily through rural backwaters. Review: Novel by Paul Yoon offers rare view of war-torn Laos 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z The North Vietnamese called his bluff, extending the war long enough to force an outright American withdrawal less than four years later. The American chaos machine: U.S. foreign policy goes off the rails 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z North Vietnamese forces captured Williams after his jet was shot down in May 1972 and held him prisoner until March 1973. Vietnam War POW meets widow of pilot who shot his plane down 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z When U.S. helicopters arrived two hours later, Mr. Just and 18 other wounded soldiers were lifted into the air by cable, amid continued gunfire from the North Vietnamese. Ward Just, Washington Post reporter and acclaimed political novelist, dies at 84 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z In Afghanistan, it’s not the communists, it’s the Taliban, and it is just as tenacious and determined to rule over Afghanistan as the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese were over South Vietnam. Opinion | Afghanistan is another Vietnam 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Fonda was given the nickname "Hanoi Jane" by those who took offense after she was photographed atop a North Vietnamese antiaircraft gun to protest the Vietnam war. Stuart Varney: Trump speech in natural gas-rich state may turn the tables on Democrats 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z He cited the “decent interval” that Henry Kissinger wanted between the departure of U.S. troops from Vietnam and the complete takeover of the country by the North Vietnamese. The Shattered Afghan Dream of Peace 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z His jet hit by a missile from Lanh, Williams was forced to eject and North Vietnamese forces captured him. Vietnam War POW meets widow of pilot who shot his plane down 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z So did the North Vietnamese — until October 1968, when they accepted all three of Johnson’s conditions. Trump’s bad Nixon imitation may cost him the presidency 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, despite a nominal cessation of hostilities, approximately 150,000 North Vietnamese regulars still occupied a large swath of South Vietnamese territory. Opinion: Trump's Afghanistan 'peace' will be Vietnam all over again: A mess America leaves behind 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The North Vietnamese turned him away, but he raised awareness. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z The goodwill flights were rebuffed by the North Vietnamese, but some of the POWs later said their living conditions improved after Perot’s effort. Ross Perot dead: Texas billionaire and former presidential candidate succumbs to leukemia at 89 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z All the peoples of Southeast Asia have their own version — this North Vietnamese version is more liquidy and fine than the rest, though the processes are generally the same. Off the shelf: The powerfully funky umami of Vietnamese fish paste 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z “Panic in Saigon arising from our actions” was “a far greater worry to me than North Vietnamese capabilities,” he told Secretary of State Henry Kissinger two weeks before the South fell. Review | In Vietnam, defying U.S. authorities to rescue U.S. allies 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z In 1973, North Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam neither disarmed nor withdrew. Opinion: Trump's Afghanistan 'peace' will be Vietnam all over again: A mess America leaves behind 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z It was an off day for the North Vietnamese. Opinion | I watched my friend die in Vietnam 50 years ago. Leaders must understand the cost of combat. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z McCain, who spent five years in captivity by the North Vietnamese after his plane was shot down, said in 2017 that the inequities of the war had always gnawed at him. Trump on Vietnam: Despite deferments, he’d have been ‘honored’ to serve 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z In 1965, approaching an enemy camp, Waugh stumbles upon two North Vietnamese cooks gathering firewood. Review | Truly unbelievable tales of derring-do and gruesome escapades at the CIA 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Army Special Forces, fought against the North Vietnamese forces, spent years in squalid postwar labor camps, and continue to be persecuted by the government and marginalized by Vietnam’s Kinh majority. Vietnam War left a painful legacy for indigenous minority that fought alongside U.S. 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z It was a shock when a friend of her husband told her, “ ‘North Vietnamese troops are near the city. How chef Helene An brought Vietnamese cuisine to the U.S. 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z Five hours later, after midnight on June 14, our North Vietnamese friends visited us again. Opinion | I watched my friend die in Vietnam 50 years ago. Leaders must understand the cost of combat. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Like hundreds of thousands of others, she and her family fled their homeland when Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, fell to the North Vietnamese in April 1975. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Hovering above the scene, they spotted what appeared to be a reinforced rifle company of North Vietnamese closing in on the Marines. Howard Lee, Medal of Honor recipient who led a long-odds defense, dies at 85 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z A controversial photo of her sitting with North Vietnamese troops atop an anti-aircraft gun used to shoot at American planes earned her the nickname “Hanoi Jane”. Bomb bunker, war reporters and Charlie Chaplin: Hanoi's storied... 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z “I was hopeful I’d be received cordially instead of their being ready to cut my throat. But nobody held a grudge. One hundred percent of the North Vietnamese people have been warm and friendly.” West Texan honored for international wheelchair donations 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Do was among hundreds of young North Vietnamese who studied in Pyongyang in the 1960s, before being recruited to join the Vietnamese embassy and rising to serve as ambassador. The U.S. wants North Korea to follow the ‘miracle’ of Vietnam’s path. It might be disappointed. 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z The only clothes many men had were the baggy green uniforms and pith helmets of the North Vietnamese army. From bombers to Big Macs: Vietnam a lesson in reconciliation 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z With help from Huey gunships that swept in from above, he marshaled a defense that repelled waves of North Vietnamese attacks, even after he was wounded in a grenade blast. Howard Lee, Medal of Honor recipient who led a long-odds defense, dies at 85 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z They were to wear North Vietnamese uniforms and Vietnam would provide the aircraft, facilities and equipment. Vietnam memorial to North Korea pilots marks bygone alliance 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Phuc was nine when a South Vietnamese plane dropped napalm bombs on her village in 1972, believing it harboured North Vietnamese troops. 'Napalm girl’ Kim Phuc receives German prize for peace work 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z Phuc was 9 when South Vietnamese plane dropped napalm bombs on her village, believing it harbored enemy North Vietnamese troops. ‘Napalm Girl’ Kim Phuc receives German prize for peace work 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The strategy against the Taliban serves as a reminder of the American military’s attempt to keep the North Vietnamese involved in peace talks in the early 1970s. U.S. Heightens Attacks on Taliban in Push Toward Peace in Afghanistan 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z Khuong, the professor, is a former North Vietnamese soldier who was trained “to fight Americans to the death.” 5 reasons why Vietnam was selected to host Trump's second North Korea summit 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z At that point, according to the Army account, the North Vietnamese “concentrated all firepower on his lone aircraft.” Charles Kettles, who received Medal of Honor five decades after rescuing 44 men in Vietnam, dies at 89 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z In captivity, McCain endured torture and even turned down a chance to be released early, denying the North Vietnamese military a propaganda victory. Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2018 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z Vang did this for about four years until one day he and his friends were captured by a North Vietnamese patrol and kept as prisoners for a month. Minnesota man reflects on journey from refugee to dentist 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Some historians believe that the 11 days of bombing brought the North Vietnamese back to the negotiating table. U.S. Heightens Attacks on Taliban in Push Toward Peace in Afghanistan 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z In one particularly daring maneuver, the president recounted, Sergeant Major Canley liberated a school that had been taken over by the North Vietnamese, charging into machine-gun fire with rocket launchers, with another Marine, Sgt. 50 Years After Tet Offensive, a Marine Receives the Medal of Honor 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The locals recruited by his team to report on Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army activities in 1966 largely relied on a barter economy rather than on currency, he said. When Sears Was Everywhere: Espionage, Politics and Fine Art 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z And Trump, at the beginning of his campaign, bizarrely and grotesquely mocked McCain’s long, brutal years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese. Opinion | Lindsey Graham Is the Saddest Story in Washington 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Once the North Vietnamese army heard the news, they descended in force on the base. Minnesota man reflects on journey from refugee to dentist 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z Hopkins also was awarded the Bronze Star for his heroism defending a firebase under attack by North Vietnamese forces on May 6, 1970. Special FBI team helping probe deadly South Carolina attack 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Sen. George Aiken of Vermont asked whether the North Vietnamese might help carry our bags. Opinion | John Kerry, Meet George Logan 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z He refused an offer from his North Vietnamese captors to release him early because of his father’s distinguished role in the Navy. Perspective | Discarding norms is not always bad. But how you do it matters. 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Trust in government sits near historic lows after beginning to plummet around the time that Franklin’s voice started becoming a household sound and McCain was enduring his years in North Vietnamese custody. AP Essay: Aretha Franklin, John McCain and the 1960s 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z That, and his toughness, which was recognized even by the former director of the North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camp where McCain spent more than five years. Opinion | McCain behaved like a hero. Trump is behaving like a vengeful brat. 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z He suffered countless beatings at the hands of the North Vietnamese and eventually was transferred to the notorious “Hanoi Hilton” prison where he spent five years. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z His North Vietnamese captors had offered relief if he denounced the United States, saying his peers would never know, McCain told the crowd. John McCain couldn’t escape the pull of the Naval Academy. Now he’ll be buried there. 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z The North Vietnamese had figured out that he was the son and grandson of famous American military men — a “crown prince,” they called him. Captivity, candor and hard votes: Moments that made John McCain 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z When the North Vietnamese realised his father commanded all US forces in the Pacific, he received intense pressure to accept early release. 'The warrior' at rest: an appreciation of John McCain 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z The North Vietnamese wanted to make a show of releasing McCain early, as his father assumed command over the Pacific. McCain on his time as POW: ‘I fell in love with my country’ 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z His stay could have been shortened, had he allowed the North Vietnamese to free him in mid-1968 after his father was made commander in chief of U.S. forces in the Pacific. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z A crowd of several hundred North Vietnamese soldiers and civilians stared at them in the glaring noon sun. AP WAS THERE: John McCain released after 5½ years as a POW 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z It was tested to the utmost by five years of cruel confinement and torture in a North Vietnamese prison — an ordeal from which he emerged to spend many years in public office and national prominence. Opinion | John McCain, the irreplaceable American 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z The North Vietnamese, however, perceived that there was propaganda value in the prisoner. John McCain, ‘maverick’ of the Senate and former POW, dies at 81 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z His captors filmed him there for propaganda purposes and McCain later found out the North Vietnamese had crowed: “We have the crown prince.” McCain on his time as POW: ‘I fell in love with my country’ 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z His North Vietnamese captors intensified his torture upon learning of his famous father, the Pacific commander. Opinion | A Life of Service, Lived With Good-Natured Irreverence 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z The North Vietnamese officer called out to each group of American prisoners arriving at Gia Lam Airport for their flight to freedom: “Step forward when your name is called and go home.” AP WAS THERE: John McCain released after 5½ years as a POW 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z When he was fished out of that lake in downtown Hanoi, the North Vietnamese first withheld treatment until they discovered his father was an admiral and commander... Opinion | A Salute to John McCain 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z A North Vietnamese soldier struck him with his rifle butt, breaking a shoulder. John McCain, War Hero, Senator, Presidential Contender, Dies at 81 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z When the North Vietnamese found out that his father was commander in chief of the US Pacific command, McCain was offered the chance to go home early. John McCain obituary 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z In July 1968 when the North Vietnamese offered to release him, the young McCain famously refused to go until all prisoners of war who had been there longer had been released. Opinion | A Life of Service, Lived With Good-Natured Irreverence 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z The North Vietnamese had figured out that he was the son and grandson of famous American military men - a “crown prince,” they called him. Captivity, candor and hard votes: 9 moments that made McCain 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Three months later he was shot down over Vietnam, breaking both arms and a leg, and was captured by the North Vietnamese. John McCain, influential US senator and ex-presidential candidate, dies aged 81 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z Once he was visited by a group of North Vietnamese dignitaries. John McCain, War Hero, Senator, Presidential Contender, Dies at 81 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Navy commander in the Pacific, McCain refused North Vietnamese offers for an early release because Americans captured before him remained prisoners of war. Sen. John McCain suspends his cancer treatment 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z The estimate of North Vietnamese casualties runs into the thousands. Perspective | U.S. veterans of Khe Sanh had some special guests at their reunion 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z “One night I either heard or dreamed I heard myself confessing over the loudspeaker, thanking the North Vietnamese for medical treatment I did not deserve.” John McCain and the End of Romantic Conservatism 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z When the first communist tank charged through the gates of the Independence Palace in Saigon, it fell to Bui Tin, a journalist in the North Vietnamese army, to break the news: The revolution had arrived. Bui Tin, Vietnamese communist soldier turned dissident, dies at 90 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Nguyen Van Bien, now 73, enlisted in a North Vietnamese artillery brigade with which traveled on foot for over a month to reach a final encampment in Laos. War Stories We’ve Been Missing for 50 Years 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z A foreign journalist traveling with the North Vietnamese reported a captured medical missionary was running a hospital. Ohioan went to Vietnam in ‘61 as missionary; still missing 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Moore praised Ms. Fonda, who was photographed in Hanoi posing with a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun and urged American soldiers and POWs not to fight, as an example of political activism for all artists. Jane Fonda to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Michael Moore film festival 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Theresa Phan, a historian for Lovers of the Holy Cross, was 21 when Saigon fell to North Vietnamese forces. Young women seek a nun's life with a joyful Vietnamese order 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z McCain does not want to be defined by opposition to Trump, who got elected despite declaring in 2015 that McCain was not a war hero because he was captured by the North Vietnamese. Review | John McCain reflects on his ‘maverick’ past and the future of the country 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z A North Vietnamese war veteran sat in his living room and began to remember the events of 50 years ago. War Stories We’ve Been Missing for 50 Years 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z On May 10 of that year — the fifth day of heavy fighting — Sabo’s platoon was ambushed by North Vietnamese troops near the village of Se San. Opinion | They were immigrants — and real American heroes 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z McCain, himself a survivor of torture in North Vietnamese prisons, had called on his colleagues to reject Haspel’s nomination, saying her “refusal to acknowledge torture’s immorality is disqualifying.” Gina Haspel confirmed as CIA chief despite scrutiny of her role in interrogation program 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Independent accounts of McCain’s time in North Vietnamese captivity do not include any suggestion that he offered material information to his captors, and McCain says the same. Speaking out on torture and a Trump nominee, ailing McCain roils Washington 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Mr. McCain was captured by the North Vietnamese when his Navy jet was shot down and held as a prisoner. Thomas McInerney: Torture worked on ‘Songbird John’ McCain 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Now, at the end of their lives, the North Vietnamese veterans we met showed a genuine need for reconciliation with their former enemies here. War Stories We’ve Been Missing for 50 Years 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z The North Vietnamese had removed 11 particularly unruly captives from the Hanoi Hilton and isolated them in a prison they dubbed “Alcatraz” at the North Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense, Townley told The Washington Post. John McCain rebelled at the Naval Academy — and as a POW — long before he was a Senate maverick 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z McCain, a Navy pilot, had an arm broken and ribs cracked during the torture that he endured while imprisoned by the North Vietnamese. Opinion | John McCain Battles Donald Trump With His Dying Breaths 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z McCain was held for 5½ years in a North Vietnamese prison, often deprived of sleep, food and medical care, after a jet he piloted was shot down over Hanoi. Speaking out on torture and a Trump nominee, ailing McCain roils Washington 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Trump once derided McCain, a former Navy pilot who spent more than five years in a North Vietnamese prison, saying he wasn’t a war hero “because he was captured.” McCain: Trump more interested in appearing tough than in the nation’s values 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z He was a captain for the North Vietnamese Army at the Battle of Hue in 1968 and was wounded. War Stories We’ve Been Missing for 50 Years 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z This reminds me of the negotiations between the USA and the North Vietnamese. Taliban’s Rare Silence on Talks Charges Up a New Peace Conference 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z He met the extended family - 12 in all - at his mother-in-law's Saigon home, as North Vietnamese mortar rounds exploded in the distance. A one-man rescue mission in Vietnam War 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z The Ho Chi Minh trail allowed many North Vietnamese fighters to venture into southern Laos, attracting a massive, clandestine U.S. bombing campaign in response. In remote Laos, a warm welcome for a visiting American 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z In April 1967, as he led his platoon in evacuating fallen Marines from a battleground, Hackett was shot in the back of the head by a North Vietnamese sniper. Mueller and Trump: Born to wealth, raised to lead. Then, sharply different choices. 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z In Vietnam, Chua argues, the United States misunderstood its adversaries as communist fanatics kowtowing to foreign sponsors, when in reality, the North Vietnamese were motivated more by nationalism and ethnic grievance. Review | Have our tribes become more important than our country? 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z It wasn’t long before their next encounter with NVA, or soldiers of the North Vietnamese Army. Auburn man was Marine, CIA operative in Vietnam War 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z But officials later had to retract that statement because the old imperial capital had already fallen to Vietcong and North Vietnamese troops after a few hours’ battle. AP BOOK EXCERPT: The Tet Offensive’s first 36 hours 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z He started to help them outside, but one of the Marines insisted that Grantham first secure their M-60 machine gun so the North Vietnamese wouldn’t capture it. A Vietnam War photographer captured the bloody Tet offensive. Fifty years later, he bears witness again. 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Four months later, the North Vietnamese attacked a squad of about a dozen Marines from Mueller’s platoon. Mueller and Trump: Born to wealth, raised to lead. Then, sharply different choices. 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The brutal battle for Hue, for example, lasted a month and destroyed much of the onetime imperial capital before the North Vietnamese and their allies were thrown back. Tet Offensive in Vietnam 50 years old 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z This time the North Vietnamese were not so kind, as Tom did not make it.” Auburn man was Marine, CIA operative in Vietnam War 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Only those in the know - the attacking Vietcong guerrillas and North Vietnamese military forces and their allied clandestine networks in the city - had any idea of what was happening. AP BOOK EXCERPT: The Tet Offensive’s first 36 hours 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z He and six other Marines had taken it, and as night fell, they saw what he guessed were 200 North Vietnamese slowly approaching. A Vietnam War photographer captured the bloody Tet offensive. Fifty years later, he bears witness again. 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z While battles raged for more than a month in some places like the city of Hue, the Tet Offensive was from a strictly military standpoint a defeat for the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. AP WAS THERE: The Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Sleep became an even dicier proposition as American B-52 bombers pounded North Vietnamese positions in and around Khe Sanh as part of Operation Arc Light. Tet Offensive in Vietnam 50 years old 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z The overall strategy of the North Vietnamese was to inflict as many casualties as it could and try to sway an already-divided American public against the war and for the U.S. to leave Vietnam. Auburn man was Marine, CIA operative in Vietnam War 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Marine combat base of Khe Sanh that over the weeks had been threatened by a growing number of North Vietnamese troops. AP BOOK EXCERPT: The Tet Offensive’s first 36 hours 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z During the New Year holiday known as Tet, the North Vietnamese orchestrated a barrage of daring assaults throughout South Vietnam. A Vietnam War photographer captured the bloody Tet offensive. Fifty years later, he bears witness again. 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker appeared on television Friday to tell the people that the guerillas and their North Vietnamese allies were being beaten with unprecedented losses. AP WAS THERE: The Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Thousands of Viet Cong and whole regiments of North Vietnamese army troops stormed U.S. outposts and major firebases across the country during the offensive, catching the South Vietnamese government and the Pentagon by surprise. Tet Offensive in Vietnam 50 years old 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Lau reasoned that because he was wearing civilian clothes and carrying an AK-47, the officer likely thought he was a North Vietnamese guerrilla fighter. Auburn man was Marine, CIA operative in Vietnam War 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z The offensive was a resounding defeat militarily for the North Vietnamese, but it broke political support for the war in the U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth slams Trump’s Vietnam draft deferments, chastises ‘Cadet Bone Spurs’ 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z He vowed that the base would never become another Dien Bien Phu, where a besieged French garrison surrendered to the North Vietnamese communists in 1954. This brave ex-chaplain is still haunted by the Vietnam War’s most desperate siege 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Tanks roll backward, explosions implode, victims come back to life — and it’s all interspersed with quotes from US officials proclaiming that the US is prevailing against the North Vietnamese Army. The Verge's favorite TV episodes of 2017 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z While much of the North Vietnamese were thrown back from much of the territory they seized in the first days of fighting, the Tet Offensive sparked more extended fighting in many places. Tet Offensive in Vietnam 50 years old 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Phan is a former refugee who spent three years in a North Vietnamese prison camp after serving as a tank commander for the South Vietnamese military. Retiring refugee leader to visit immigrants’ home countries 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z As the North Vietnamese troops closed in, reports were circulating of mass graves in towns they had captured. From protests to bombings, a 50-year history of US embassies 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z He says he earned the Silver Star for retrieving the body of a fallen soldier from an armed North Vietnamese camp. Vietnam War veteran awarded overdue medals for Army service 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z Fox was company commander and First Lieutenant of Company A, 9th Marines, when his company was attacked by a large force of North Vietnamese troops. This week’s passages 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z “We would sit there and think, ‘My God, what are those guys going through?’” he said of the North Vietnamese units on the receiving end of the bombardment. Tet Offensive in Vietnam 50 years old 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z First, the North Vietnamese never thought it would happen because it was the height of monsoon season,” West said. Wesley Fox, Marine who received Medal of Honor for Vietnam campaign, dies at 86 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Tilley led his men in a daring flanking movement against North Vietnamese troops besieging a neighboring unit, sparking heavy fighting through the night, according to his citation. Retired Marine Col. Robert O. Tilley, a recipient of the Silver Star, to be honored in memorial service 2017-11-11T05:00:00Z The exhibit includes CIA models of what appear to be an interrogation room and a cell in the North Vietnamese prison known as the Hanoi Hilton, which held many American POWs. At National Archives, the boss, a Vietnam vet, orders up an exhibit on the war 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z McCain, a veteran of that war who was captured by the North Vietnamese, did not mention Trump by name in his comments, but the bone spurs comment was something of a tell. President Trump and John McCain Are Feuding, Again. Here's a Brief History 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Rider and what was left of 1/6 Marines took out an entire North Vietnamese battalion. Tet Offensive in Vietnam 50 years old 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z The mission, in two phases starting in January 1969, was to disrupt a North Vietnamese military division on the border with Laos — and to attack when the enemy least expected it. Wesley Fox, Marine who received Medal of Honor for Vietnam campaign, dies at 86 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z McCain, then a naval aviator, was badly injured in a crash in 1967, captured by the North Vietnamese, held for five years and tortured. John McCain takes aim at Donald Trump over Vietnam medical deferment 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z North Vietnamese historians have always acknowledged that the antiwar protest in the United States convinced them that they could prevail in a war of attrition by simply outlasting the Americans. Opinion | The Moral Case for Draft Resistance 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Mr Biden praised Mr McCain - a former Navy pilot who was tortured in a North Vietnamese prison - for his "courage and loyalty". McCain lambasts 'spurious nationalism' 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Militarily, even the North Vietnamese would later concede, the Tet Offensive was a staggering defeat for the communists, who lost over 50,000 fighters during the offensive while gaining little valuable territory. Tet Offensive in Vietnam 50 years old 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z When Nixon tried this in 1969, it didn’t work: the North Vietnamese assumed the Republican president’s posturing wouldn’t amount to much, and they were right. Trump finds new ways to condemn reporting he doesn't like 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z The war ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese. War and the prize: how some Nobel laureates turn away from peace 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z North Vietnamese press reported — and Fonda later confirmed — that she made several radio announcements over the Voice of Vietnam radio to implore U.S. pilots to stop the bombings. How Jane Fonda’s 1972 trip to North Vietnam earned her the nickname ‘Hanoi Jane’ 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z “The North Vietnamese kept him alive for five years,” she said. Traitors or patriots? Eight Vietnam POWs were charged with collaborating with the enemy. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Faced with this prospect, the reasoning went, the North Vietnamese communists would sue for peace on American terms. Vietnam: Who was right about what went wrong – and why it matters in Afghanistan 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z They didn’t know it, but the Tet Offensive, one of the largest North Vietnamese offensives of the war, was to begin in late January 1968 - just as they finished their training. Alle-Kiski Valley Marines reunite after 50 years 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z The war ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese. War and the prize: how some Nobel laureates turn away from peace 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z But the action that still enrages veterans most was that photograph of her with North Vietnamese troops on an antiaircraft gun that would have been used to shoot down American planes. How Jane Fonda’s 1972 trip to North Vietnam earned her the nickname ‘Hanoi Jane’ 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z He built the aircraft models of bamboo and branches for the North Vietnamese later, after moving to a prison in Hanoi, he said. Traitors or patriots? Eight Vietnam POWs were charged with collaborating with the enemy. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z They didn’t know it, but the Tet Offensive, one of the largest North Vietnamese offensives of the war, was to begin in late January 1968 — just as they finished their training. Alle-Kiski Valley Marines reunite after 50 years 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z He was sitting in downtown Hanoi, at a self-declared “hipster” cafe decorated with tongue-in-cheek celebrations of the North Vietnamese communist forces that defeated the United States 40-some years ago. Apparent crackdown in Vietnam on social media, but many users undeterred 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z McCain, a former U.S. naval aviator who spent nearly six years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, has criticized harsh interrogation techniques used on detainees during the George W. Bush administration. Pentagon suppressing book on interrogations: former investigator 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z She continued openly to question the accounts of the U.S. government and American POWs, who told devastating stories of the torture they endured at the hands of the North Vietnamese. How Jane Fonda’s 1972 trip to North Vietnam earned her the nickname ‘Hanoi Jane’ 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Gradually, he began to see things differently and to sympathize with the North Vietnamese. Traitors or patriots? Eight Vietnam POWs were charged with collaborating with the enemy. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z As his squad mates exchanged fire with North Vietnamese forces, McCloughan sprinted to reach the man, hoisted him onto his shoulder and carried him to safety. A soldier survived 48 hours of terror in Vietnam. Today, he received the Medal of Honor. 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z He also destroyed a North Vietnamese Army position with a grenade. U.S. Army medic to be awarded Medal of Honor for Vietnam War heroism 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z McCain, a former U.S. naval aviator who spent nearly six years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, has criticized harsh interrogation techniques used on detainees during the George W. Bush administration. Pentagon suppressing book on interrogations: former investigator 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z He was a prize captive, the son of a famous American admiral, and the North Vietnamese sought to capitalize by offering him early release. Cancer diagnosis spotlights Sen. John McCain's rare ability to bring partisans together 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Among other things, he asked for a North Vietnamese flag, with its gold star and red background. Traitors or patriots? Eight Vietnam POWs were charged with collaborating with the enemy. 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z As McCloughan and his platoon moved through a trench line, they saw North Vietnamese soldiers ahead. A soldier survived 48 hours of terror in Vietnam. Today, he received the Medal of Honor. 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z He also destroyed a North Vietnamese Army position with a grenade. U.S. Army medic to be awarded Medal of Honor for Vietnam War heroism 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z CIA contractors trained Laotian soldiers to fight Communist insurgents and their North Vietnamese allies until 1975, leaving the country under Communist control and with a deadly legacy of unexploded bombs. Trump aides recruited Blackwater co-founder and defense contractor for advice on Afghanistan 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z But when he looked up, he realized it was a young North Vietnamese soldier trying to pull off his wristwatch. ‘Killed’ in Vietnam and buried with comrades, one Marine returned from the dead 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z It features, among others, soldiers, Marines, nurses, pilots, POWs, protesters, “deserters,” anarchists, veterans of the South Vietnamese Army, the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army. Filmmaker Ken Burns on the torment of the Vietnam War 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z Later, McCloughan’s platoon suffered heavy casualties when they were ambushed by a larger North Vietnamese force while scouting a nearby hill. A soldier survived 48 hours of terror in Vietnam. Today, he received the Medal of Honor. 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z Accordingly, “The Vietnam War” will recreate certain moments of the conflict wherein America, South Vietnamese and North Vietnamese Army personnel will all share their recollections of the exact same moments of battle. National Memorial Day Parade grand marshals Ken Burn, Lynn Novick discuss Vietnam War documentary 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z The bulk of the wreckage was hauled away by North Vietnamese authorities. After 5 decades, MIA pilot's wedding ring and bone fragments found in Vietnam fish pond 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z As North Vietnamese Communist forces took over, Lan, now 70, fled the country with Foggin. In Mekong Delta backwaters, Vietnam vets find peace in a town that war destroyed 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z He and his weapons specialist, Captain Harold Johnson, shot down one MIG, damaged another and struck at least two SAM batteries as they accompanied fighter-bombers attacking a North Vietnamese Army barracks. Leo Thorsness, Decorated Veteran Held Captive With McCain, Dies at 85 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z He joined the CIA in 1971 as a paramilitary case officer fighting alongside ethnic Hmong guerrillas and Thai forces against Lao and North Vietnamese communists inside Laos until 1973. James Parker, CIA’s last Vietnam evacuee, holds bitter memories of fateful day 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z It remained lost for 36 years, until 2004, when a former North Vietnamese soldier who had buried him was located. Killed in action 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z He had been at Khe Sanh before the siege began in January and would be peppered there by shrapnel from a North Vietnamese artillery or mortar round. Fifty years after Vietnam’s bloodiest battles, the ‘lucky ones’ recall their time there 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z When conservative columnists write about Trump and fondly recall Richard Nixon’s “madman theory” of international relations—a calculated unpredictability directed at the North Vietnamese—they tend to leave out that it did not work. A Hundred Days of Trump 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z Those with the moral courage to protest the Vietnam War sometimes became blinded to the reality of the North Vietnamese government—and on and on. How We Misunderstand Mass Incarceration 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z He and the 457 men under his command were there to track North Vietnamese Army units and search for a possible enemy base. Hal Moore, Army general memorialized in book and film ‘We Were Soldiers,’ dies at 94 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Later, in 1969, consistent with the Madman Theory, Nixon raised military alert levels in what some analysts believe was an attempt to rattle the Soviet and North Vietnamese leaders. Donald Trump's doctrine of unpredictability has the world on edge | Michael H Fuchs 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Callanan never saw the North Vietnamese soldier who had popped out of a spider hole, and never saw the crude grenade he threw. Fifty years after Vietnam’s bloodiest battles, the ‘lucky ones’ recall their time there 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z He quotes one expert from the Institute of Far Eastern Studies who tells Congress blithely that the North Vietnamese “would be perfectly happy to be bombed to be free.” Noam Chomsky’s “Responsibility of Intellectuals” after 50 years: It’s an even heavier responsibility now 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z For in the minds of many within the CIA, the war in Laos, far from being a failure, was a rousing success, a low-cost way of putting intense pressure on the North Vietnamese. Opinion | Laos: America’s lesser known human and political disaster in Southeast Asia 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z U.S. bombers, working in concert with CIA paramilitaries, destroyed much of Laos while attacking Laotian and North Vietnamese communists. Trump is feuding with the CIA, but he could end up making it stronger 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z January features a painting of a CIA contractor firing an AK-47 out of an Air America chopper at a North Vietnamese biplane. A CIA calendar the CIA gift shop refuses to sell? Yes, and here’s the strange story behind it. 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z The Marines had stumbled on a superbly camouflaged North Vietnamese bunker fortress. Fifty years after Vietnam’s bloodiest battles, the ‘lucky ones’ recall their time there 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z “The North Vietnamese have claimed that they are treating our men humanely,” Mr. Laird said. Melvin Laird, Nixon defense secretary at the height of the Vietnam War, dies at 94 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z But in the end, the U.S.-backed forces of South Vietnam were not capable of holding off the North Vietnamese, who took the South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, in 1975, ending the war. Ex-Pentagon chief Laird dies, advocated 'Vietnamization' policy 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z In 1965, as a guest of the North Vietnamese, he became one of the first Americans to visit wartime Hanoi. Tom Hayden, preeminent 1960s political radical and antiwar protester, dies at 76 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z In 1967, he returned to Hanoi with another group and was asked by North Vietnamese leaders to bring three prisoners of war back to the US. Tom Hayden, 1960s anti-war activist, dies at 76 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z She’d been photographed sitting in a North Vietnamese antiaircraft gun battery, an incident her detractors considered traitorous and for which she later apologized. Activist Tom Hayden dies at 76 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z During the war, Mr. Laird was a rare public voice for American military personnel held prisoner by the North Vietnamese. Melvin Laird, Nixon defense secretary at the height of the Vietnam War, dies at 94 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Two days before Laird ended his tenure at the Pentagon in January 1973, U.S. and North Vietnamese negotiators signed a deal in Paris that included a full withdrawal of U.S. forces. Ex-Pentagon chief Laird dies, advocated 'Vietnamization' policy 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z There was no attempt to take down the North Vietnamese government. I’m one of the people who interfered in foreign elections. Here’s what really happened. 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z At the end of The Pugilist at Rest the narrator expresses a sense of guilt that he has taken the credit for killing North Vietnamese soldiers that his dead friend Jorgesen killed. Thom Jones: the writer who explored madness, art and violence 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Having enticed homesick troops with music, Ms. Ngo would read scripts, prepared by North Vietnamese officials, that chronicled American battlefield defeats, as well as antiwar activity and social upheaval at home. Trinh Thi Ngo, North Vietnamese propagandist known as ‘Hanoi Hannah,’ dies 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z In 1969, Nixon proposed secret bombings to flush out North Vietnamese sanctuaries in neutral Cambodia, which the communists were using to circumvent U.S. forces. Melvin Laird, Nixon defense secretary at the height of the Vietnam War, dies at 94 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Laird publicly supported Nixon's Vietnam policies but privately opposed the president's 1970 incursion into Cambodia against North Vietnamese sanctuaries and the 1972 resumption of U.S. bombing of North Vietnam and mining of its harbors. Ex-Pentagon chief Laird dies, advocated 'Vietnamization' policy 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z But beneath her gentle tone, he added, was a steely confidence in the North Vietnamese cause. Trinh Thi Ngo, Broadcaster Called ‘Hanoi Hannah’ in Vietnam War, Dies 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z He witnessed the valor of the chopper crews that July near the Ho Chi Minh trail when his 110-soldier company stumbled into a North Vietnamese regiment of about 700 troops. Vietnam War Helicopter Pilots Fight U.S. Army Over Memorial 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z American forces withdrew from Vietnam in 1973, and Saigon, the southern capital later renamed Ho Chi Minh City, fell to the North Vietnamese two years later. Trinh Thi Ngo, North Vietnamese propagandist known as ‘Hanoi Hannah,’ dies 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Forty years ago, on 30 April 1975, North Vietnamese tanks rolled into the former Saigon, seizing the South Vietnamese capital and capping a humiliating defeat for the US after a misguided decade of war. 40 years since Saigon's fall, napalm attack haunts woman in iconic image 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z After the signing of the U.S.-North Vietnamese accord in Paris and shortly before leaving the Pentagon, Laird suspended the draft five months earlier than planned. Ex-Pentagon chief Laird dies, advocated 'Vietnamization' policy 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Today, unexploded cluster bombs and mines intended to disrupt North Vietnamese supply routes continue to kill and maim — especially in rural areas, where curious children stumble across tennis ball-sized munitions. Obama's 'Rebalancing' to Asia Falters in Sleepy Laos 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z The Ho Chi Minh Trail was an incredibly important strategic asset for the North Vietnamese and the Viet Minh for flying troops and arms down into South Vietnam. How Laos Tries to Balance Its Powerful Neighbors 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Ms. Ngo was the most famous of several North Vietnamese broadcasters who served the Communist cause over the radio waves. Trinh Thi Ngo, North Vietnamese propagandist known as ‘Hanoi Hannah,’ dies 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z At the time, the United States did not publicly acknowledge its combat operations in Laos, a C.I.A.-directed expansion of the war against the Communist North Vietnamese. Obama Acknowledges Scars of America’s Shadow War in Laos 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The Arizona Senator spent some five-and-a-half years in a North Vietnamese prison cell after his Navy plane was shot down in 1967. McCain Pitches Himself as a Check on 'President Clinton' 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z According to the brief, the North Vietnamese did not accelerate attacks, but instead confined themselves to “warning President Ford not to follow past U.S. policies toward Indochina.” Documents: Soviets worried about detente after Nixon quit 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z From 1964 to 1973, the U.S. dropped more than 270 million bombs on the tiny country of Laos, in a secret CIA operation to destroy North Vietnamese supply routes and kill local communist militants. We’re not laughing: State Department makes Pokémon Go jokes about its unexploded bombs 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Eighteen Australian soldiers and hundreds of North Vietnamese fighters died in the battle, deep in southern Vietnam, on 18 August 1966. Vietnam allows Australia's Long Tan war ceremony - BBC News 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z Just two years after the Roe case, the invasion of Saigon by the North Vietnamese ended the Vietnam War. At Oregon Shakespeare Fest, generous helpings of classics and new works 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z But the North Vietnamese used the jungles on the border between Vietnam and Laos to funnel weapons along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Secrets, Denial, and, Decades Later, a Medal of Honor for a Vietnam Medic 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z U.S. intelligence predicted that Saigon wouldn’t fall to the North Vietnamese until early 1976. Documents: Soviets worried about detente after Nixon quit 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z The U.S. covertly sent troops into officially neutral Laotian territory to chase North Vietnamese forces. U.S. Presidential Race, Zika, Olympics: Your Weekend Briefing 2016-07-31T04:00:00Z To Mr. Trump, however, Mr. McCain was a loser for having had the bad luck to be captured by the North Vietnamese. Why Donald Trump Is No Gentleman 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z You, a former prisoner of war who was tortured by the North Vietnamese? GOP leaders: Put your country before your party 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The Special Forces teams paired with indigenous mercenaries who opposed the North Vietnamese. Secrets, Denial, and, Decades Later, a Medal of Honor for a Vietnam Medic 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Mr. McCain, who was tortured and tormented by the North Vietnamese over a period of 5½ years, steadfastly refused to be released ahead of those captured before him. Memorial Day lessons 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z Dressed as fisherman, they slipped through the North Vietnamese lines, found their pilots and brought them safely back. How Two Navy SEALs Saved Their Fellow Soldiers in Vietnam 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z The city was formerly known as Saigon before it was taken over by North Vietnamese communist forces in 1975, ending the war with US-backed fighters in the south. Obama backs Vietnam in South China Sea dispute with Beijing 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z Then, the North Vietnamese Army began to penetrate their perimeter from the rear, Cummings continued, but they knew they could rely on Miller. Marine’s sister finds closure with truth in brother’s death 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z According to interviews and Army documents, North Vietnamese forces hit before the team even landed, piercing the helicopters with bullets. Secrets, Denial, and, Decades Later, a Medal of Honor for a Vietnam Medic 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z “On Facebook, there was a question recently: What do you want from President Obama’s visit?” said Vo Van Tao, 63, who fought as a young North Vietnamese infantry soldier against the United States. Access to Bay Adds Enticement as U.S. Weighs Lifting Vietnam Embargo 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z In the course of the mission, the patrol was compromised, and the five SEALs found themselves confronted by a North Vietnamese Army battalion. How Two Navy SEALs Saved Their Fellow Soldiers in Vietnam 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z His battalion was decimated attacking the North Vietnamese, and he was captured. Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes to open May 24 in Kansas 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Embassy and into a helicopter that skirted the horizon as North Vietnamese fighters surged toward Saigon. At the Military Film Festival, veterans are the target audience 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Unofficially, in the jungles of Laos in 1970, hundreds of North Vietnamese troops closed in on a small team of United States Army commandos. Secrets, Denial, and, Decades Later, a Medal of Honor for a Vietnam Medic 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z Eighty thousand North Vietnamese soldiers stormed out of the jungles, wreaking havoc on cities throughout South Vietnam, endangering even the U.S. Daniel Berrigan, My Dangerous Friend 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z The helicopter had carried Vietnamese people fleeing Saigon as North Vietnamese forces closed in on the capital. Ghosts of Vietnam Still Haunt America 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z From there, he secretly reports back to the North Vietnamese. Pulitzer fiction prize winner: 'People fear refugees' - BBC News 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z He was imprisoned in what become known as the "Hanoi Hilton," where he was denied medical treatment and tortured by the North Vietnamese. The influential chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee says the Obama administration's campaign against the Islamic State group is at risk of becoming a grinding failure 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z He and his unit were dispatched to Tam Ky, a town on the South China Sea, and tasked with rooting out a contingent of North Vietnamese concealed in bunkers and other hideaways. Santiago Erevia, Vietnam veteran who belatedly received the Medal of Honor, dies at 70 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z As it happened, a pair of American peace activists arrived in Hanoi just then, on a mission to receive from the North Vietnamese three freed prisoners of war. Daniel Berrigan, My Dangerous Friend 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Kissinger, according to local media reports, said President Lyndon Johnson wanted to end the war but the North Vietnamese refused to compromise and this violated Johnson's "notions of peace." Ghosts of Vietnam Still Haunt America 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z On Aug. 4, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson went on national television to announce that the U.S. military was taking action against “repeated acts of violence” by North Vietnamese forces. William B. Bader, official who helped uncover CIA, Defense abuses, dies at 84 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z They called him a traitor when he was a POW and claimed that he had been brainwashed by the North Vietnamese to destroy the Republican Party. Ted Cruz, professional slimeball: Why Trump & Rubio complain about his “dirty” politics — and why it won’t hurt him a bit 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Erevia concluded that, if he was going to perish, he would do so fighting, and he advanced toward the North Vietnamese, ignoring their fire. Santiago Erevia, Vietnam veteran who belatedly received the Medal of Honor, dies at 70 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z His time in Vietnam coincided with the 1968 Tet Offensive, in which tens of thousands of North Vietnamese troops attacked South Vietnamese cities and extended the war. Bill Snead, news photographer for The Washington Post, dies at 78 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z A North Vietnamese tank rolls through the gates of the presidential palace in Saigon, signifying the fall of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975. Ghosts of Vietnam Still Haunt America 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Reporter and photographer for the Associated Press, Matthew Franjola was among the last Americans in Saigon as it fell to the North Vietnamese in 1975. In Memoriam: Remembering the Photographers We Lost in 2015 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z In August, the North Vietnamese fired on a U.S. naval ship in the Gulf of Tonkin, which led to the Gulf of Tonkin R esolution and the public phase of the Vietnam War. Why the war on drugs should take cues from our battle against smoking 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Martin Woollacott – Forty years on from the fall of Vietnam When North Vietnamese troops marched into Saigon on 30 April 1975, it marked the most crushing defeat in US military history. The best of the Long Read in 2015 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z “It wasn’t because the North Vietnamese were somehow philanthropic or humanitarian,” McCain said Wednesday. The Strange Killing Rules in the ISIS Campaign 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z A North Vietnamese tank rolls through the gates of the presidential palace in Saigon, signifying the fall of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975. Ghosts of Vietnam Still Haunt America 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z While officially neutral in the conflict, Canada helped the United States behind the scenes, supplying materiel and even intelligence about North Vietnamese bombing targets. Canada’s best role: Perpetual sidekick 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z He died of malaria in a North Vietnamese prison. Nellie Hertz, whose husband was a civilian captive in Vietnam, dies at 95 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Kissinger’s ostensible peace goals were twofold: that North Vietnamese troops leave South Vietnam at the point of armistice, and that North Vietnam respect South Vietnam’s independence after America’s withdrawal. They died for Henry Kissinger’s “credibility”: The real history of our Vietnam immorality 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z “Whether you agreed with the North Vietnamese or not, they had a government.” The Strange Killing Rules in the ISIS Campaign 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The helicopter had carried Vietnamese people fleeing Saigon as North Vietnamese forces closed in on the capital. Ghosts of Vietnam Still Haunt America 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z She appeared on national television, met regularly with then-President Richard M. Nixon and confronted a North Vietnamese delegation at the Paris peace talks. Sybil Stockdale, fervent advocate for Vietnam POWs, dies at 90 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z There, efforts to destroy North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces intent on unifying their divided country had exhausted both the U.S. military and the patience of the American people. George W. Bush owns this mess: Iraq, Afghanistan and the history we’re doomed to repeat 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z In late December 1971, Nixon ordered renewed bombing of North Vietnamese targets for five days. Secret archive offers fresh insight into Nixon presidency 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Like his fellow Republicans, the Arizona Senator, who spent more than five years in a North Vietnamese prison, doesn’t understand the Pentagon’s leafleting. The Strange Killing Rules in the ISIS Campaign 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The prize had been awarded jointly to Tho, a North Vietnamese politician and diplomat, and U.S. Why a Nobel Peace Prize Was Once Rejected 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Tu embarked on her research following a call from Mao Zedong himself to find the drug for his North Vietnamese comrades in the late 1960s who were dying of malaria. INSIDE CHINA: The Nobel conundrum 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese leader Le Duc Tho were honored for their efforts to achieve a cease-fire in the Vietnam War. AP PHOTOS: From first award in 1901, Nobel Peace Prize has been packed with memorable winners 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z But he was worried about reports of a major North Vietnamese buildup, foreshadowing a possible offensive. Secret archive offers fresh insight into Nixon presidency 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z One morning the North Vietnamese started sending in a lot of artillery our way. Marine Corps duty was a ‘higher calling’ 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z During the Vietnam War, the Defense Intelligence Agency repeatedly warned that even a sustained military campaign was unlikely to defeat the North Vietnamese forces. Pentagon Investigates Allegations of Skewed Intelligence Reports on ISIS 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z He had been in the “Hanoi Hilton” for two years when McCain was shot down and taken to the infamous North Vietnamese prison. Donald Trump meet Everett Alvarez, who was a POW even longer than John McCain 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z McCain was held in a North Vietnamese prison for five and a half years, and tortured, after his plane was shot down during a bombing mission. Trump denied press credentials to Iowa newspaper after editorial, paper says 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Nixon may also have been frustrated at North Vietnamese resilience. Secret archive offers fresh insight into Nixon presidency 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Mr. McCain suffered torture and isolation in a North Vietnamese prison camp and is respected for his service to his country, but he is no war hero either. Parsing Mr. Trump’s words 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z We would say to Trump that in hindsight, McCain probably didn’t want to be captured either, especially by the North Vietnamese, who were known for not following the rules of the Geneva Convention. Kentucky editorial roundup 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z But when he says McCain, who suffered permanent disabilities after spending five and a half years in a North Vietnamese prison, was no war hero, he loses the support of many others. Tennessee editorial roundup 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z The North Vietnamese captured McCain after plane he piloted was shot down. Donald Trump orders flags to be flown at half-staff on his properties after offending veterans 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z McCain, son of an admiral, served 5 1/2 years in a North Vietnamese prison and endured torture, after being shot down in 1967. FACT CHECK: Trump shortchanges McCain's record on veterans 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Go ahead, chatter away about how Trump clamored for a series of student draft deferments while McCain languished in a North Vietnamese prison camp. Attacking Donald Trump seems to only make him stronger 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z McCain refused to meet with most visitors for fear of being used as a puppet by the North Vietnamese. What Donald Trump was up to while John McCain was a prisoner of war 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z Mr. McCain wasn’t just captured; he was brutally tortured by the North Vietnamese. How Donald Trump’s reprehensible statements could improve Washington 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z The North Vietnamese missiles were among the first radar-guided missiles that US pilots confronted, adding another layer of peril. Trump's McCain insult shows ignorance of anti-air hell faced by pilots in Vietnam 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z He repeatedly accused McCain — who still bears the physical scars from the torture he was subjected to during more than five years in a North Vietnamese prison camp — of having “done nothing” for veterans. Trump’s attack on McCain marks a turning point for him — and the GOP 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z When the North Vietnamese offered McCain an early release for propaganda purposes, he declined, insisting that men taken before him should be let go first. Donald Trump refuses to apologize for 'absolutely fine' attack on John McCain 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z |
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