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Vietnam War stories: 50 news summaries

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VETERANS DAY

 Best War Movies Ever 

Watch clips from Patton to Glory to Full Metal Jacket

Nov 11, 09 7:29 PM CST
(Newser) - In honor of Veterans Day, the Huffington Post runs down the best war movies of all time:
  • Apocalypse Now: Vietnam War
  • From Here to Eternity: Pearl Harbor
  • Patton: World War II
  • Braveheart: Scotland’s battle for independence
  • Lawrence of Arabia: World War I
  • Band of Brothers: World War
... More »

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Somalia • veterans • World War II • Vietnam War • Civil War • Korean War • Veterans Day • Pearl Harbor • World War I • movies • films • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

 In Obama's Dover Trip, 
 Echoes of Nixon 

War kept both awake; Nixon's 4am walkabout more 'heartrending'

Oct 29, 09 9:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s predawn trip to welcome home fallen Americans today has echoes of Richard Nixon’s 4am stroll to the Lincoln Memorial in 1970, hours before a huge anti-war protest. “What both Obama and Nixon had in common was that a war kept them awake,” Amy Davidson... More »

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Richard Nixon • Dover Air Force Base • Vietnam War • caskets • President Obama

WHAT OBAMA IS READING

Vietnam Books Playing Key Role in Afghan War Debate

Competing works on Vietnam War top policymakers' reading lists

Oct 7, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of books on the Vietnam War—one on why America should never have gotten involved, and one on how it could have won—are providing the framework for the Washington debate over Afghanistan strategy, insiders say. Lessons in Disaster, which describes how the White House was pushed into... More »

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Afghanistan • Joe Biden • Robert Gates • Vietnam War • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy

 Iconic Vietnam War  
 Survivor a Symbol of Hope 

Kim Phuc now gives hope to burn victims

Sep 10, 09 3:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - When Kim Phuc was only 9, she unintentionally played a part in ending the Vietnam War. Nick Ut of the AP photographed Phuc running naked from a napalm attack in which she was horribly burned. She wasn't expected to survive, but survive she did, with the help of Ut, who... More »

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United Nations • Vietnam • bombing • photograph • attack • Vietnam War • Associated Press • burn victim • Kim Phuc • Nick Ut • UN goodwill ambassador

(Newser) - Forty years after the infamous My Lai massacre came to light, the former Army officer who led the raid has for the first time spoken publicly about his actions. William Calley, who ordered his soldiers to gun down hundreds of civilians in the Vietnamese village of My Lai in 1968,... More »

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war crimes • Vietnam War • My Lai Massacre • William Calley

Stone Takes on 'Secret History of America'

Director will look at
'under-reported' events in Showtime series

Aug 19, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Oliver Stone is nothing if not ambitious. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the director is prepping a 10-part documentary series entitled Secret History of America, which promises to examine important but under-reported events from the past 60 years. Stone, who will provide the narration himself, calls the Showtime project “... More »

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entertainment • cable TV • Showtime • Cold War • Vietnam War • Oliver Stone • JFK assassination • conspiracy theory • American history

 Reenactors Take 
 on Vietnam War 

Despite controversy, re-created conflict gets warm reception

Aug 18, 09 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Revolutionary and Civil War reenactments are a familiar sight—but now, one of the most controversial wars in US history is in reruns, the AP reports. Houston, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania have all hosted Vietnam war reenactments. “We do it to honor these guys and to tell them, 'You weren't... More »

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veterans • Vietnam veteran • reenactment • Vietnam War • strange stuff

(Newser) - A lot of things would have been better in America if Walter Cronkite had been elected vice president in 1972, writes Frank Mankiewicz in the Washington Post, and it could have happened. Mankiewicz was the political director for George McGovern’s campaign, and, “armed with a poll showing... More »

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presidential campaign • Richard Nixon • vice president • Vietnam War • George McGovern • Walter Cronkite • vice presidential candidate • Frank Mankiewicz • 1972 • Thomas Eagleton

(Newser) - Exposure to Agent Orange appears to increase the risk of developing heart disease and Parkinson’s, a congressionally mandated report says. The carcinogenic defoliant has not been definitively linked with the illnesses, but a professor who led the report says there is “limited or suggestive evidence of an association.... More »

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veterans • heart disease • Parkinson's disease • carcinogens • Vietnam War • Agent Orange • Institute of Medicine • defoliant

ANALYSIS

 Would Rummy 
 Pull a McNamara 
 and Apologize? 

Not anytime soon, says his biographer

Jul 12, 09 8:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Robert McNamara, the architect of the Vietnam War, eventually expressed regret for the conflict—but would Donald Rumsfeld ever apologize for Iraq? Unlikely—at least not anytime soon, writes a Rumsfeld biographer in the Washington Post. Thus far, the former secretary of Defense “has never appeared to waver in... More »

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Donald Rumsfeld • apology • Vietnam War • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Robert McNamara

 Kerry Plans 
 'Hard Look 
 at Afghanistan' 

Foreign Relations Committee must ensure effort is 'Afghan, not American'

Jul 10, 09 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will “take a hard look at Afghanistan” in the coming months, John Kerry tells GlobalPost. The committee hasn’t yet publicly scrutinized the administration’s effort in the country, but “we are not going to abrogate our responsibility,” says the senator, who... More »

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Afghanistan • climate change • John Kerry • Senate • Massachusetts • Vietnam War • climate change legislation • Senate Foreign Relations Committee • Afghanistan war • US Senate

(Newser) - The governor of Alaska and the architect of the Vietnam War both make fine examples of how not to quit a government post, David Broder writes in the Washington Post. Robert McNamara waited 28 years to explain that he stepped down as defense secretary because of his grave doubts... More »

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Alaska • Lyndon Johnson • resignation • death • Vietnam War • defense secretary • governor • Sarah Palin • Republican governor • Robert McNamara

OPINION

 Obama Shares 
 McNamara's Fatal Flaw 


Jul 8, 09 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - For some the death of Robert McNamara was the last chapter of a bygone disaster, but as George Will writes, Barack Obama and his team have more in common with the architect of Vietnam than they realize. McNamara's "eerie assuredness pervades the Washington in which he died," writes... More »

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Barack Obama • Vietnam War • George Will • Obama administration • neoconservatives • Robert McNamara

legacy

'Whiz Kid' McNamara Could Not Escape Vietnam


Jul 6, 09 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robert McNamara led many careers but will be best remembered for his time as secretary of defense during the Vietnam War. Though he privately disagreed with some decisions, he maintained a public optimism about “McNamara’s War” that earned him derision, Reuters reports. Describing the impact of the war... More »

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Pentagon • Vietnam War • defense secretary • legacy • Pentagon Papers • appreciation • Robert McNamara • Evan Thomas • Birch Bayh

fathers day INTERVIEW

 Dad Was Not Only a 
 General, But a Patton 

Grandson remembers his famous forebears

Jun 21, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Living up to the legacy of one’s father can be hard, but it’s particularly trying for Benjamin Patton, the son of decorated Korean and Vietnam vet Maj. Gen. George Patton—himself the offspring of World War II titan Gen. George S. Patton. Immortalized by George C. Scott in... More »

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World War II • Vietnam War • Korean War • fathers

(Newser) - Felix “Doc” Blanchard, who won the 1945 Heisman Trophy as part of Army’s famed “Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside” backfield tandem, died yesterday of pneumonia, ESPN reports. The legendary fullback, linebacker, placekicker, and punter was 84. In 1944-46, Blanchard— “Mr. Inside” to fellow Heisman winner Glenn... More »

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Vietnam War • Korean War • US Air Force • fighter pilot • West Point • Felix "Doc" Blanchard • college football • Army football • backfield • Glenn Davis

OPINION

Liberals Turn Against War in Afghanistan, Too

How swiftly 'good war' becomes 'another Vietnam,' says scribe

Mar 17, 09 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the Iraq war was going badly, Bret Stephens writes in the Wall Street Journal, American liberals always defended efforts in Afghanistan—the “good war” the US couldn’t afford to lose. But now many of those same lefties say it’s time to bow out instead of getting... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • liberals • Vietnam War • Iraq war • Afghanistan war

 Zippo 
 Closes In 
 on 500M 
 Lighters 

American icon set to sell its 500 millionth lighter by year's end

Jan 29, 09 6:37 PM CST
(Newser) - At some point this year, the Zippo factory in Bradford, Pa., will churn out its 500 millionth lighter, NPR reports. The windproof gadget has become a cultural staple since 1932, from the wartime foxholes of Germany and Vietnam to the glitter of the Silver Screen, but NPR notes that the... More »

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film • smoking • pop culture • World War II • Vietnam War • icons • Zippo

Lennon's Rejected Royal Medal Found

Cheeky Beatle returned honor to Queen in peace protest

Jan 6, 09 4:03 AM CST
(Newser) - The symbol of the royal honor John Lennon didn't want has been found forgotten in a royal vault, the Times of London reports. Lennon was awarded the Member of the British Empire honor in 1965—prompting some others to turn in theirs—but sent it back to the palace in... More »

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rock stars • Queen Elizabeth II • Yoko Ono • John Lennon • knighthood • Vietnam War • Beatles

Aiming to Right History, Group Sniffs Out Fake POWs 

Pretending to be war prisoner is legal, but vets say it dishonors the true heroes

Dec 23, 08 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - When Richard Cayton told a Texas newspaper about his harrowing escape from captors in Vietnam, former Navy SEAL Steve Robinson thought something smelled fishy. He ran some quick checks, and told the newspaper that it had been lied to—Cayton had never been a prisoner of war. Sniffing out such... More »

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veterans • fraud • Green Beret • Vietnam War • prisoner of war • Navy SEALs • Special Forces

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