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U.S. Army Col. (retired) and former POW Lawrence R. Bailey, Jr., in Sam Neua, Laos, (Photo by Ron Martz)
By Ron Martz
On the morning of March 23, 1961, U.S. Army Major Lawrence R. Bailey, Jr. was faced with what seemed at that moment a rather insignificant choice. That choice, however, would determine whether he would become the first American prison...
As with much of the Vietnam War, the news media misreported and misinterpreted reports from the war, which many people today still believe to be factual. Here’s the truth about nine common myths:
Myth of the Vietnam War #1: Most Were VolunteersCommon belief is that most
One former soldier summarizes his year in combat in Vietnam in a few paragraphs. Check this out.
Too many months in the bush could eat a man alive.
In Vietnam, time didn’t move the way it did anywhere else.
The jungle had its own clock — a clock wound by fear, exhaustion, and the constant hum of death nearby. After enough patrols, enough firefigh...