Vietnam War Hero Meets Fellow Vet He Saved 54 Years Ago
Fifty-four years after being saved by a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, Michigan veteran Dave Berlinhoff finally met the man who saved him on Saturday, FOX 2 reported. Pilot Dave Lutkenhaus, recognized as a hero for saving 1,000 lives, led the paramedic team that rescued Berlinghof after he was severely wounded in the lower body by […]
The Sympathizer review – Robert Downey Jr thunders around in prosthetics in this stylish Vietnam drama | Television
RRobert Downey Jr. really does give a Robert Downey Jr.-esque performance in The Sympathizer. He runs around in all sorts of makeup effects, exuding a freakishly intense, aggressive charm. Maybe it was because of his Robert Downey Jr.-esqueness that it took me about halfway through the second episode to realize that he wasn’t playing the […]
NYC’s ‘Hot Dog King’ and Vietnam vet gets shut down again, claims city out to get him
The city’s “hot dog king” has been banned from selling hot dogs from a sidewalk cart because he doesn’t have the proper license, but he claims it’s simply part of a nonsensical campaign to harass him and put him out of business. Dan Rossi, 73, a beloved Manhattan street vendor, was ordered to close his […]
14 confirmed dead in Vietnam after fire burns apartment building
Fourteen people were killed and six injured in an overnight fire at an apartment building in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi. Fire engines could not reach the building, which was located in a narrow alley just 6.5 feet wide, and firefighters were forced to use hoses to put out the blaze. The fire started in a courtyard […]
Bernie Sanders reiterates concern Gaza is Biden’s Vietnam: ‘It’s hurting him politically’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) reiterated his concerns that President Joe Biden‘s handling of the war in Gaza will hurt his support with young voters and the Democratic Party base. Sanders’s continued concerns come despite actions he has recently taken threatening to withhold weapons from Israel if they go forward with a military operation in Rafah […]
Remains identified as Vietnam veteran nearly 50 years after farmers chasing pig stumbled upon skeleton
Skeletal remains found nearly 50 years ago in Arizona have been identified as a Vietnam veteran from Minnesota, authorities announced Wednesday. According to the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office, the body of Gerald Francis Long was found off Meteor City Road, 40 miles east of Flagstaff, on April 19, 1975, by farmers chasing a runaway pig. […]
Vietnam veteran reunites with his lost dog tag after 56 years: ‘I didn’t believe it’
Nearly 60 years after his military service ended, a Vietnam War veteran was recently reunited with treasured items from his time in the military. Larry Morganti of Florence, South Carolina, was given a dog tag, a form of military identification, last month. He lost his metal tag in a rocket attack. According to WPDE, the […]
Biden campaign co-chair brushes off Sanders’ comparison of campus chaos to Vietnam: ‘Over-exaggeration’
President Biden’s co-chairman of the 2024 campaign has dismissed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ comparison of rampant anti-Israel protests on college campuses to the 1968 election, saying Biden has personally criticized the situation in Vietnam. He claimed that he may be dealing with it. In comments to CNN on Sunday, the Biden campaign’s national co-chair dismissed […]
Sanders comparison of Gaza and Vietnam an ‘over-exaggeration’: Biden campaign co-chairman
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) ruffled feathers last week by saying that the war in Gaza may be President Joe Biden‘s “Vietnam,” but Biden campaign co-chairman Mitch Landrieu believes that is an “over-exaggeration.” Sanders told CNN last week that Biden’s handling of the war in Gaza may be what will lead to his undoing, similar to […]
Thugs sucker punch ‘local legend’ Vietnam vet, 81, while he’s delivering pizzas in Chicago — then steal, crash his car
Ernie Aimone, an 81-year-old Vietnam veteran, has been delivering pizza to Joe’s on Higgins in Chicago for the past 40 years. WLS-TV reported. Image source: YouTube screenshot Image source: YouTube screenshot The station said Aimone was at work as usual Wednesday night and had just delivered a pizza to the Jefferson Park neighborhood in the […]