Jul 10, 2015 · The War Dance (May, 1967), by Richard Dieterle a tent in An Khê — the veterans hold a wild war dance — Indian ways — the story of a stunning tragedy Friendly Fire (Late May, 1967), by …

LATE JUNE, 1967 — The Army has been sending out L ong- R ange R econnaissance P atrols (LRRP) since the French and Indian War in 1754. The purpose of a LRRP in Vietnam was to send a team of …

OCTOBER 25-26, 1967 — I'm calling this war story the "Great Ambush" because it was the largest ambush in which I ever participated.

So we resolved to "liberate" a fair quantity of these supplies on the simple grounds that we were the ones fighting the war and they were suppose to be supporting us, and what better support could they …

Receiving fire from enemy soldiers is one thing, but receiving fire from other GIs or South Vietnamese soldiers, friendly fire, is a totally different story. You can return fire when the enemy fires at you, but …

In the Vietnam War, when threats of punishment were made to line infantry soldiers for some misconduct, they would typically reply, "What are you going to do, send me to the field?"

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Each Memorial Day I place little American Flags around the Vietnam Memorial here in Buffalo, New York. I think of you and the good times we had together in the short time we had before you left us. …

I got my first look at the M-16 rifle, the weapon most commonly used in Vietnam, on Tuesday, February 28, 1967. At first glance I thought it was some type of toy gun because it was shaped so differently …

One of the nurses directed me to an empty bed and told me to take off my uniform and boots, and to get dressed in one of the hospital gowns. The bed was extremely comfortable, probably because that …