In honor of their service and of March 29 being National Vietnam Veterans Day, here are a few important things to know about the Vietnam generation. 1. Most Vietnam War Veterans Were Volunteers.

Vietnam's food, culture, and natural beauty have travelers flocking to the country. Make the most of your visit with these ...

The Nation Magazine. Hearts and Minds in Vietnam,” editorial, January 1, 1968. In the long annals of hypocrisy nothing can exceed, nothing can remotely equal, the pretense that we seek the ...

It was hot and crowded on the dock in Oakland, Calif., on an early July day 45 years ago as Tom Faley waited to ship out for a place called Vietnam. Faley, then 25, a Harrisburg native, was a ...

The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Vietnam declared independence after World War II, but France continued to ...

Arnold R. Isaacs was the Vietnam correspondent for the Baltimore Sun from 1972 to 1975, and is the author of Without Honor: Defeat in Vietnam and Cambodia and Vietnam Shadows. Flickr Military ...

WASHINGTON — Ken Burns, the co-director of the PBS documentary series “The Vietnam War,” runs through a list of a half dozen crisis points that are consuming the country. “Obviously we ...

Vietnam has stunning variety in cities, landscapes and food. We’ve come up with a list of the top 13 things to do – from an aerial tour of Halong Bay to a tea experience steeped in culture.

11 Things I Learned in Vietnam That Made Me More Successful in My Civilian Career. Published February 18, 2016. ... Do not delay or defer important decisions or you will, in all likelihood, ...

Catherine Leroy wasn’t who you would expect to garner success in the Vietnam War. In 1966 at age 21, she bought a camera and shipped herself to war-torn Vietnam. Most in Saigon thought she’d ...

Before you start planning a family trip to Vietnam, you’ll need to think about a few factors. How long should you stay in Vietnam with kids? If you’re coming from the US and traveling with ...

The supposed statement attributed to Romney, that he was "too important to go to Vietnam," came from a political satire published in June 2012 by the Free Wood Post.