Alleged home intruder brings knife to gunfight with disabled Vietnam veteran and pays the ultimate price
The disabled Vietnam veteran said he discovered a knife-wielding male intruder breaking into the bedroom of his Albuquerque, New Mexico, home Monday morning and taking his gun. Danny Ricketts He told KOB-TV He grabbed a gun from his nightstand and shot the alleged intruder, then called police. “I looked at the window and I didn’t […]
William Calley, who led the My Lai massacre that shamed US military in Vietnam, has died
William Rose Calley Jr., who as an Army lieutenant led U.S. soldiers who killed hundreds of Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre, the most notorious war crime in modern U.S. military history, has died. He was 80 years old. According to Florida death records, Carey died on April 28 and was living in an […]
Biden’s ‘Micromanaging’ of Military on Houthis Like Failed Vietnam Strategy
Speaking on Newsmax TV’s “The Record” on Friday, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark (retired) said the Biden administration is “micromanaging at the political level” when it comes to the fight against the Houthis, and that this micromanaging, pinpoint strategy is “similar to the strategy that hurt us in Vietnam under the Johnson […]
Heroes to Remember on Vietnam Veterans’ Day
A soldier who led his wounded comrades to evacuation after being wounded 18 times. A machine gunner who charged an enemy position on his own. A teenager who sacrificed his life without hesitation to save his comrades. That’s the Vietnam War the media and government doesn’t want you to know. There are so many inspiring, […]
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. […]