Showing 634 items matching " america - vietnam"
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Equipment, Dog Tag
... the conflict in Vietnam Dog Tags American Army Guzman, Cesar. US ...Standard issue item as used by American servicemen during the conflict in VietnamMetal dog tag attached to a silver metal chain.Guzman, Cesar. US 67165145. Catholic: B. Pos 391 462121.dog tags, american army -
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Book - 4422-2709-5, Schmitz, David F, Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War: The end of the American Century, 2014
Given the vast literature on Richard Nixon's handling of the Vietnam War, it seem unimaginable there is note to be said.Given the vast literature on Richard Nixon's handling of the Vietnam War, it seem unimaginable there is note to be said.vietnam war, 1961 -1975 - united states, president nixon -
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Book, Scotton, Frank, Uphill Battle: Reflections on Vietnam Counterinsurgency, 2014
... Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American ...A fascinating historical commentary on the Viet Nam war from 162 through 1975 as seen through the eys of one of the key figures in the development and implementation of Viet Nam's pacification program.A fascinating historical commentary on the Viet Nam war from 162 through 1975 as seen through the eys of one of the key figures in the development and implementation of Viet Nam's pacification program.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, counterinsurgency - vietnam -
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Book, Scheer, Dennis, Vietnam: An Infantry and Cavalry Platoon Leader's Story, 2013
... Vietnam War 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives American. Vietnam War ...When Dennis Scheer arrived in Vietnam, he was assigned to an infantry unit near Chu Lai. Lt Scheer was awarded a Bronze Star with Valor and a Silver Star, the third highest military decoration for valor, for his service in the infantry. He was awarded another Bronze Star for Valor while serving in the cavalry.When Dennis Scheer arrived in Vietnam, he was assigned to an infantry unit near Chu Lai. Lt Scheer was awarded a Bronze Star with Valor and a Silver Star, the third highest military decoration for valor, for his service in the infantry. He was awarded another Bronze Star for Valor while serving in the cavalry.united states. army. infantry brigade, 198th. battalion, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- personal narratives, american., vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- campaigns, lt. dennis scheer, bronze star for valor, silver star -
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Book, Schell, Jonathan, The Real War: The classic reporting on the Vietnam (Copy 2)
... 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American Vietnam War 1961 ...In the village of Ben Suc Schell recounts the destruction by American forces of a village that was caught up in the largest American military operation of the war.In the village of Ben Suc Schell recounts the destruction by American forces of a village that was caught up in the largest American military operation of the war. 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, vietnam war, 1961-1975- destruction and pillage, village of ben suc -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Real War: The classic reporting on the Vietnam (Copy 1)
... 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American Vietnam War 1961 ...In the village of Ben Suc Schell recounts the destruction by American forces of a village that was caught up in the largest American military operation of the war.In the village of Ben Suc Schell recounts the destruction by American forces of a village that was caught up in the largest American military operation of the war. 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, vietnam war, 1961-1975- destruction and pillage, village of ben suc -
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Booklet, Scheer, Robert, How the United States got involved in Vietnam, 1965
The path of America's slow, gradual, and then steadily mounting involvement in Vietnam has never been fully explored.A report to the center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -- united states, united states -- foreign relations -- vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Casey, Michael. Dougan, Clark. Kennedy, Denis and Stanton, Shelby, The Vietnam Experience: The Army at War (Copy 1)
When the USNS Gordon sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge and steamed into the Pacific Ocean on June 25, 1965, few of the 4,000 American troops crowded onto its deck knew their destination, at least officially.When the USNS Gordon sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge and steamed into the Pacific Ocean on June 25, 1965, few of the 4,000 American troops crowded onto its deck knew their destination, at least officially.vietnam war - 1961-1975, usns gordon, 1st infantry battalion, 173d airborne brigade, 25th infantry division, 199th light infantry brigade, 11th armoured cavalry regiment, 9th infantry division, 23d infantry division -
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Book, Thompson, W. Scott and Frizzell, Donaldon D, The Lessons of Vietnam
... is an important turning point in America's evaluation of its Vietnam ...The Lessons of Vietnam is an important turning point in America's evaluation of its Vietnam experience.The Lessons of Vietnam is an important turning point in America's evaluation of its Vietnam experience.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - congresses -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, American Helicopter Pilot
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph at the 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau, South Vietnam, Theatre Sister June Minchow assisted by a theatre Medic wheels an American pilot, badly burned when his helicopter was show down, out of the theatre to the ward while the Anaesthetist clears away.photograph, 1st australian field hospital, vung tau, sister june minchow, medic, american pilot, gibbons collection catalogue, anaesthetist, denis gibbons, wounded american pilot -
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Book, Derrig, Peter, The Glory of the Green Berets, 1967
The South Vietnamese allies were ridden with healousy, corruption and security leaks.The South Vietnamese allies were ridden with healousy, corruption and security leaks.vietnam war (1961-1975) - united states, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american, green berets -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Stone, Scottt C.S, The Coasts of War, 1966
What is combat in Viet Nam really like? This completely realistic account is the first full-length novel of Americans in action agains the Viet Cong.What is combat in Viet Nam really like? This completely realistic account is the first full-length novel of Americans in action agains the Viet Cong.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 - veterans - fiction, mekong delta, viet cong, the province of kien hoa -
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Book, Various authors, Indochina in the Year of the Goat - 1967 (Copy 3)
As the Communists in the North were gearing up for the Tet Offensive in the year to follow, the American military command was beginning to implement its evolving "pacification" program, while trying to make its search and destroy tactics more effective.As the Communists in the North were gearing up for the Tet Offensive in the year to follow, the American military command was beginning to implement its evolving "pacification" program, while trying to make its search and destroy tactics more effective.vietnam war - 1961-1965 - campaigns, vietnam war (1961-1975) - united states, vietnam war (1961-1975) - australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Various authors, Indochina in the Year of the Goat - 1967 (Copy 1)
As the Communists in the North were gearing up for the Tet Offensive in the year to follow, the American military command was beginning to implement its evolving "pacification" program, while trying to make its search and destroy tactics more effective.As the Communists in the North were gearing up for the Tet Offensive in the year to follow, the American military command was beginning to implement its evolving "pacification" program, while trying to make its search and destroy tactics more effective.vietnam war - 1961-1965 - campaigns, vietnam war (1961-1975) - united states, vietnam war (1961-1975) - australia, tet offensive -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Various authors, Indochina in the Year of the Goat - 1967 (Copy 2)
As the Communists in the North were gearing up for the Tet Offensive in the year to follow, the American military command was beginning to implement its evolving "pacification" program, while trying to make its search and destroy tactics more effective.As the Communists in the North were gearing up for the Tet Offensive in the year to follow, the American military command was beginning to implement its evolving "pacification" program, while trying to make its search and destroy tactics more effective.vietnam war - 1961-1965 - campaigns, vietnam war (1961-1975) - united states, vietnam war (1961-1975) - australia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Ninh, Bao, The Sorrow Of War (Copy 1)
The Sorrow of War vaults over all the American fiction that came out of the Vietnam war to take its place alongside the greatest war novel of the century.The Sorrow of War vaults over all the American fiction that came out of the Vietnam war to take its place alongside the greatest war novel of the century.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Ninh, Bao, The Sorrow Of War (Copy 2)
The Sorrow of War vaults over all the American fiction that came out of the Vietnam war to take its place alongside the greatest war novel of the century.fictionThe Sorrow of War vaults over all the American fiction that came out of the Vietnam war to take its place alongside the greatest war novel of the century.vietnam, survivor of war -
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Book, Carroll, Gerry, No Place To Hide
As the North Vietnamese Army smashes its way toward Saigon, a skeleton cre of American officers are faced with the evacuation of all remaining American and Vietnamese personnel associated with the now abandoned US war effort.As the North Vietnamese Army smashes its way toward Saigon, a skeleton cre of American officers are faced with the evacuation of all remaining American and Vietnamese personnel associated with the now abandoned US war effort.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction, fall of saigon -
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Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, AATTV Observation Post
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A coloured photograph of three members of AATTV and an American man the most forward northern base in South Vietnamaattv, photograph, south vietnam, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, australian army training team vietnam (aattv) -
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Book, Bowman, David J, The Vietnam Experience (Copy 1)
This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand fact to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the way.This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand fact to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the way. 1961-1975- pictorial works, vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Photograph, Gibons, Denis, Crew Transfer
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of an American 6th Fleet helicopter delivers crew members by winch from HMAS Hobart to their ship after being confined to a shore hospital.photograph, hmas hobart, gibbons collection catalogue, american aircraft and helicopters, american 6th fleet, denis gibbons -
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Book, Scruggs, Jan, The Wall that heals
Jan Scruggs started and directed the enormously successful effort to create a national memorial honoring those Americans who served their country in the Vietnam War.Jan Scruggs started and directed the enormously successful effort to create a national memorial honoring those Americans who served their country in the Vietnam War.vietnam veterans memorial (washington, d.c.), vietnam war, 1961-1975, united states -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Sedgwick, D.,Torison, Jr, Talking with Victor Charlie: an Interrogator's Story, 1991
The fascinating true accoint of the VC, NVA, the Golf of Tonkin Incident, the tunnels of Cu Chi, and much, much more.The fascinating true accoint of the VC, NVA, the Golf of Tonkin Incident, the tunnels of Cu Chi, and much, much more. 1961-1975 - military intelligence, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, vc, nva, golf of tonkin, cu chi, tunnels of cu chi -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Scutts, Jerry, Wolfpack: Hunting MiGs over Vietnam, 1988
In World War 2 the unofficial title 'Wolfpack; belonged to the 56th Fighter Group assigned to the 8th Air Force in England.In World War 2 the unofficial title 'Wolfpack; belonged to the 56th Fighter Group assigned to the 8th Air Force in England. 1961-1975 -- regimental histories, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - aerial operations - american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Sexton, Michael, War for the Asking: How Australia Invited Itself to Vietnam. (Copy 1)
For many years it was widely accepted that American political and diplomatic pressure was the reason for Australia's entry into the Vietnam War. However, top secret documents from the period indicate that: Australia had volunteered the use ofcombat troops some time before the decision was announced in April 1965.For many years it was widely accepted that American political and diplomatic pressure was the reason for Australia's entry into the Vietnam War. However, top secret documents from the period indicate that: Australia had volunteered the use ofcombat troops some time before the decision was announced in April 1965.vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - australia, australian government -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Shanahan, Bill and Brackin, John P, Stealth Patrol: The Making of a Vienam Ranger
Shortly after Bill Shanahan arrived in Vietnam in 1968, he joined the LPSs (Long Range Patrol).Shortly after Bill Shanahan arrived in Vietnam in 1968, he joined the LPSs (Long Range Patrol). vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, bill shanahan, long range reconnaissance patrols, bronze star, us 173rd airborne brigade, 75th infantry -
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Book, Shaw, John M, The Cambodian Campaign: The 1970 Offensive and America's Vietnam War, 2005
... Cambodia When American and South Vietnamese forces, led by General ...When American and South Vietnamese forces, led by General Creighton Abrams, launched an attack into neutral Cambodia in 1970, the invasion ignited a firestorm of violent antiwar protests throughout the United States, dealing yet another blow to Nixo's troubled presidency.When American and South Vietnamese forces, led by General Creighton Abrams, launched an attack into neutral Cambodia in 1970, the invasion ignited a firestorm of violent antiwar protests throughout the United States, dealing yet another blow to Nixo's troubled presidency. 1961- 1975 - campaigns - cambodia, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - united states, general creighton abrams, president nixon, cambodia -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Shafer, D. Michael ed, The Legacy: The Vietnam War in the American imagination
... culture. The Legacy: The Vietnam War in the American imagination ...No American can know too much about the Vietnam War and its effects on our culture.No American can know too much about the Vietnam War and its effects on our culture.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - united states -
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Book, Wilkins, Warren, Grab Their Belts to Fight Them: The Viet Cong's Big-Unit War against the U.S., 1965-1966, 2011
A fresh and remarkably detailed portrayal of how a clever enemy force adaps to fight American soldiers.A fresh and remarkably detailed portrayal of how a clever enemy force adaps to fight American soldiers.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- campaigns, vietnam (democratic republic) -- military policy, american soldier, viet cong, van tuong, an ninh, la drang valley (vietnam) -
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Photograph, Gibbons, Denis, Sunday Afternoon BBQ
Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of CO Lt Col Mike Naughton, at the 1st Australian Field Hospital, Vung Tau, South Vietnam, having been flown back to 'Vampire' pad on an American Dustoff helicopter after attending a Sunday afternoon barbeque at the Australian Task Force Headquarters, Nui Dat.photograph, lt col naughton, 1st australian field hospital, vung tau, dustoff, helicopter, vampire helicopter pad, australian task force, gibbons collection catalogue, denis gibbons, photographer, vietnam war, nui dat