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  • McClellan In Vietnam a tale of two Marines

    When college didn't work out, Cottrell Fox joined the Marine Corps. That didn't shock anybody who knew him in Webster Groves. His two older brothers had been Marines. In fact, one of them had already been in and out of Vietnam by the time Fox got there in February 1967.Fox was in a CAP (Combined Action Program) unit. A Marine rifle squad of 11 or 12 men and a Navy corpsman lived in a ...

  • Vietnam War vet recounts lifesaving flight action

    Vietnam War veteran Capt. Bob Pardo, known for the heroic ';Pardo’s Push'; aerial maneuver that saved two fellow airmen, spoke Saturday morning at the Historic Aviation Memorial Museum’s general meeting in Hangar 1 of Tyler Pounds Regional Airport.The museum has a poster of ';Pardo’s Push,'; signed by Pardo and the other crewmembers involved, said Carolyn ...

  • TV channels balk at ‘paying for censorship’ in Vietnam

    AP Photo HANOI — Not content with a 30-minute delay on broadcasts of foreign television channels, communist Vietnam has introduced a brazen new law which observers say could force media outlets such as the BBC and CNN to pay for their own censorship. The law, known as Decision 20, requires channels to apply for an editing license with a government-approved local partner who will ...

  • See the Michigan Vietnam Veterans traveling memorial

    The Michigan Vietnam Veterans Traveling Memorial made a stop at the Royal Oak Farmers Market last week during its statewide tour to honor & remember Vietnam Vets this holiday weekend. Eric Seals/Detroit Free ...

  • Greenes Vietnam War Museum Hosts Memorial Day Open House

    The largest Vietnam War Museum in the country - based in Greene County - opened its doors to the public this Memorial Day weekend. The fifth annual open house offers a hands-on look at history and a chance to remember those who made the ultimate ...

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You know a horror film is wearing its wink-wink meta-knowingness on its gore-soaked sleeve when it introduces each of its characters/potential victims in a freeze-frame with crucial information that includes a cheeky nickname and their life expectancy. Crucially, both pieces of information refer to ... ...

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  • Vietnam veterans work to honor comrades

    MASON CITY -- Larry Paul of Mason City will be the first one to say that returning from Vietnam in the 1960s wasn't among his happiest moments ...

  • Norway offers hope to mountain village

    Remote Nghet Village in the northern province of Tuyen Quang has new concrete paths and new solid cisterns thanks to finance provided by the Norwegian Red Cross. Nghet Village, located in Yen Son District of Tuyen Quang Province, is home to over 100 families of more than 400 people of the White Dao Quan ethnic group. The local economy is mainly based on a small plot of rice. There is no market ...

  • Christian preacher tests Vietnam’s censors

    The remark was Vujicic's only direct reference to his faith in a night that was otherwise motivational. Most people in the audience were not Christians. Vujicic's appearance is a sign of how a government that once severely restricted religion is now taking a slightly more relaxed attitude. Those associated with Vujicic's Vietnam tour said it was the first by a foreign Christian -- ...

  • Vietnamese Painting Sells for Record $390000 at Christie’s HK

    A painting that was initially valued at just 50 pounds ($75) sold for HK$3.03 million ($390,000), setting a new record for a Vietnamese artist's work at Christie's ...

  • Why youve never heard of these Vietnam vets

    Retired Major General Peter Phillips at home in Canberra with ten-year-old grand daughter Sarah. He says his experiences in Vietnam as a D Company Commander were "life changing". Picture: Ray ...

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