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14 unusual facts about Vietnam war


Arnold Palmer Invitational

1973: Vietnam War veteran Buddy Allin shoots a tournament record 23 under par to breeze to an eight shot victory over Charles Coody.

Australian National Socialist Party

Several poorly-frequented demonstrations were held in support of the Vietnam War.

Battle of Svay Rieng

The Battle of Svay Rieng was the last major operation of the Vietnam War to be mounted by the South Vietnamese army against the Communist VPA forces.

Children Who Don't Know War

In the early 1970s, when Children Who Don't Know War was released, the United States of America found itself in the midst of the Vietnam War.

CNN NewsStand

The NewsStand series' debut episode, broadcast on 1997-06-07, was a CNN & Time presentation, "Valley of Death", a highly controversial report that accused the United States military of using sarin gas in Operation Tailwind during the Vietnam War.

Frankie's House

The music was written for the soundtrack of an Australian TV miniseries of the same name about photojournalism during the Vietnam War.

Hugh McCulloch

Revenue Cutter McCulloch served under George Dewey in the Battle of Manila during the Spanish-American War, and Coast Guard Cutter McCulloch served in World War II and the Vietnam War.

James Wieghart

He reported on the U.S. Department of Defense during the waning years of the Vietnam War (writing from Vietnam for several weeks in 1971) and covered the White House during the Watergate scandal.

Operation Abilene

Operation Abilene (1966) - a joint US-Australian military operation in 1966 during the Vietnam War.

Park Yeonghan

Park was admitted to Yonsei University, but two days after entering, volunteered to serve in the Vietnam War.

Type 312 minesweeper

It was the first remote minesweeping drone, and was successfully used in the Vietnam War.

UD4L Cheyenne

Concept artists were asked to include subliminal acknowledgments to the Vietnam War, due to the influence the War had on the film's story.

United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

The lack of judicial review persisted, however, until the increase in veterans claims following the Vietnam War.

Weird Wars

The second release, Tour of Darkness was set during the Vietnam War and employed the Savage Worlds rules set.


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Soon after America's large-scale involvement in Vietnam commenced in 1965 the 5.56 mm ArmaLite AR-15 rifle, later standardised as the M16, was purchased in ever increasing numbers and by the late 1960s had displaced the 7.62 mm M14 in combat units.

1st Battalion 12th Marines

They participated in the Vietnam War from April 1965 to September 1969, operating from Phu Bai, Danang, Cam Lo, Khe Sanh and Camp Carroll.

91st Missile Wing LGM-30 Minuteman Missile Launch Sites

The senior 91st SMW had organizational roots dating from World War II and had been deployed from Glasgow AFB to Southeast Asia, where it had been flying combat missions with the B-52 Stratofortress during the Vietnam War.

A Rock and a Hard Place

A Rock and a Hard Place (ISBN 0-8041-0191-4) is a Vietnam War novel by David Sherman published in 1988 by the Ivy Book imprint of Ballantine Books.

Aftermath: The Remnants of War

Filmed on location in Russia, France, Bosnia and Vietnam, the documentary features personal accounts of individuals involved in the cleanup of war: from de-miners, psychologists working with distraught soldiers, a treasure hunter turned archeologist in Stalingrad, and scientists and doctors struggling with the contamination of dioxin used in the Vietnam War.

America Is My Home

Brown recorded it in 1967 in response to increasing criticism of the Vietnam War by black leaders such as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Stokely Carmichael.

Arthur Sinodinos

His father was a member of the left-aligned Seaman's Union that, during Sinodinos' early years, was campaigning against the United States intervention in Vietnam.

Battle of Prek Klok

The Battle of Prek Klok may refer to one of two battles during Operation Junction City in the Vietnam War

Black River Falls, Wisconsin

A large monument to Black River Falls' veterans of World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, as well as to local Medal of Honor recipient Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr., was erected near the Chamber of Commerce Building at 101 S. 2nd Street.

Bob Lee Swagger

He is the protagonist of a series of books that relate his life after and during the Vietnam War—Point of Impact, Black Light, Time to Hunt, The 47th Samurai, Night of Thunder, I, Sniper, Dead Zero, and, most recently, The Third Bullet.

Brian Lindsay

He attended the Royal Military College, Duntroon from 1955 to 1958, then entered the military, serving with the Pacific Islander Regiment from 1959 to 1963 and with the regular army in Papua New Guinea, Malaya, Borneo, and in the Vietnam War.

C. D. B. Bryan

It describes an Iowa farm family, Gene and Peg Mullen, and their reaction and change of heart after their son's accidental death by friendly fire in the Vietnam War.

Campaign setting

Settings that have been explored in roleplaying games include Pendragon (Arthurian), Sengoku (Japanese warring states), Recon (Vietnam War), Tibet (historical Tibet), and Fantasy Imperium (historical Europe).

Canungra, Queensland

In Redgum's #1 single "I Was Only Nineteen", Canungra is referred to as one of the bases used for training during the Vietnam war.

Charles Drennan

At St Teresa's, the nine-year old Drennan was introduced by a teacher to the book Promises to Keep by Dr Tom Dooley about the Vietnam War.

Charlie Don't Live Here Anymore

Charlie Don't Live Here Anymore (ISBN 0-8041-0313-5) is a Vietnam War novel by David Sherman published in 1989 by the Ivy Book imprint of Ballantine Books.

Clarendon, New South Wales

During the Vietnam War Logistic support and medical evacuations were supplied by the Hercules from RAAF Richmond.

Clash of Wings

Too young for World War II, his military service spanned the Korean War, service with the strategic bomber forces of the deep cold war, and the Vietnam War.

Ek Commando Knife Co.

Although not officially issued gear, Ek Knives have seen use by US Forces in 6 major conflicts: World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq War.

Energy–maneuverability theory

He teamed with mathematician Thomas Christie at Eglin Air Force Base to use the base's high-speed computer to compare the performance envelopes of U.S. and Soviet aircraft from the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

Exit strategy

The term was used technically in internal Pentagon critiques of the Vietnam War (cf. President Richard Nixon's promise of Peace With Honor), but remained obscure to the general public until the Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia when the U.S. military involvement in that U.N. peacekeeping operation cost the lives of U.S. troops without a clear objective.

Foster Campbell

Roemer, however, was not supporting McCrery, but instead the Democrat Stanley R. Tiner, the former editor of the since defunct Shreveport Journal, a native of Webster Parish, and United States Marine veteran of the Vietnam War.

Gerard John Schaefer

He would later admit to killing animals in his youth and cross dressing, although at other times he claimed the latter was solely to avoid the draft into the Vietnam War (which he did).

Henning Mankell

In his youth Mankell was a left-wing political activist and a strong opponent of the Vietnam War, South African apartheid, and Portugal's colonial war in Mozambique.

Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University

In 1976 after the Vietnam War, these three schools were merged with a new name — Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy — by an authority from the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Jack D. Maltester

In 1971 he sponsored a resolution at the annual USCM meeting in Philadelphia, entitled "Withdrawal from Vietnam and Reordering of National Priorities", which called upon President of the United States Richard Nixon "to do all within his power to bring about a complete withdrawal of all American forces from Vietnam by December 31, 1971."

Jerry Rosholt

He also covered the U.S. - U.S.S.R. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), the Sadat-Begin Peace Talks, the William Calley trial, several Civil Rights demonstrations, anti-Vietnam War protests and national political conventions from 1964 to 1988.

Kermit Gordon

During his tenure, Brookings developed a left-of-center reputation chiefly because Gordon was a supporter of the Great Society and critic of the Vietnam War.

Kouprasith Abhay

General Kouprasith Abhay, also known by his nickname 'Fat K', was a Laotian military and political figure from the Vietnam War, also designated the Second Indochina War.

Low fantasy

Fantasy writer David Chandler considered this "rise of 'Low Fantasy'" to reflect the contemporary reality of the War on Terror—characterized by "secret deals", "vicious reprisals" and "sudden acts of terrifying carnage"—much as the horror genre reacted to the Vietnam War a generation earlier.

Max Soliven

Spending more than twelve years as a foreign correspondent, Soliven traveled to many of the notable global hotspots during the 1960s, such as the Vietnam War and the 1968 Tet Offensive therein; and the Gestapu Coup in Indonesia in 1965, in which half a million people were massacred.

Nixon Doctrine

The Nixon Doctrine implied the intentions of Richard Nixon shifting the direction on international policies in Asia, especially aiming for "Vietnamization of the Vietnam War."

Non-binding resolution

On 1971-06-22, the United States Senate passed a non-binding resolution in support of withdrawing troops from Vietnam.

Nong Het

The strategical position of Nong Het meant that it was an "important resupply and transshipment point" during the Indochinese and Vietnam War, and contained "approximately a dozen NVA warehouses".

On the Yankee Station

"On the Yankee Station" - the title story, set during the Vietnam War in which Lt Larry Pfitz on his first mission loses his Phantom shortly after takeoff from an aircraft carrier on Yankee Station and blames Arthur Lydecker, a member of his ground crew; whom he demotes to catapult maintenance; this provides Lydecker with the opportunity for revenge.

Ples Gilmore

While in the military, Gilmore was involved in four major wars or conflicts: The Berlin Crisis of 1961, Vietnam War 1963-1973, Panama Canal Zone Conflict, January 1964, and the Dominican Republic Conflict 1965.

Robert C. Smith

He served in the United States Navy Reserve from 1962 to 1965, and was on active duty from 1965 to 1967, including a year in Vietnam.

Roger Murtaugh

He was a lieutenant of the 173rd Airborne Brigade in the U.S. Army, and served in the Vietnam War.

South Beach, Staten Island

This roadway, which was the only portion of the "Shore Front Drive" proposed by Robert Moses to be actually built, was later renamed Father Capodanno Boulevard, after a Roman Catholic chaplain who was killed in action during the Vietnam War, and runs from near the Verrazano Bridge to Midland Beach.

Stryker

The vehicle is named for two American servicemen who posthumously received the Medal of Honor: Private First Class Stuart S. Stryker, who died in World War II and Specialist Four Robert F. Stryker, who died in the Vietnam War.

The Quicksand War: Prelude to Vietnam

The Quicksand War: Prelude to Vietnam is a book by Lucien Bodard published in 1967 about the First Indochina War, which it asserts to be a prelude to the Vietnam War.

Tony Briggs

It tells the story of The Sapphires, a singing group of four Koori women who tour Vietnam during the war.

Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story

Staff Sergeant Thorburn was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross by New York State Senator John J. Flanagan for his accomplishments in the Vietnam War.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

(VVMF), was a non-profit organization established on April 27, 1979, by Jan Scruggs, Jack Wheeler, and several other Vietnam War veterans, finance the construction of a memorial to those Americans who died or were killed during the Vietnam War.

Vigilante Force

Vigilante Force is a 1976 American action film concerning a Vietnam War veteran (Kris Kristofferson) and his buddies, who are hired by his brother (Jan-Michael Vincent) and others in a small California town for protection from rowdy oil-field workers.

William R. Higgins

As a lieutenant, he participated in combat operations during 1968 with C Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines in the Republic of Vietnam as a rifle platoon commander and rifle company executive officer, and was aide-de-camp to the Assistant 3rd Marine Division Commander.

Would You Buy A Used War From This Man?

The "This Man" in the title was Richard Nixon, who was the President of the United States from 1969–1974, and the "War" in the title was the Vietnam War, which lasted from 1955 to 1975.