VIETNAM WAR popularity and VIETNAM WAR trends

(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) There were no events listed on his public schedule Friday, but President Obama apparently took time out to greet members of Rolling Thunder, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing attention to POWs and troops missing in action. The White House put out a photo of the meeting, showing Obama meeting the group in the Diplomatic Reception Room.  The organization...

COMMEMORATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VIETNAM WAR - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION As we observe the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, we reflect with solemn reverence upon the valor of a generation that served with honor. We pay tribute to the more than 3 million servicemen and women who left their families to serve bravely, a world...

A bunker used to shelter guests and staff during the Vietnam war is discovered under Hanoi's oldest luxury hotel.

On Memorial Day, I remember some of the most ardent and intense peace enthusiasts I've ever known: U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War.

Forty-two years after a selfless act of heroism saved his surrounded comrades lives, Vietnam War hero Leslie Sabo posthumously received the Congressional Medal Of Honor today - the United States' highest military accolade.

US President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to a Vietnam War soldier, four decades after his original recommendation was lost.

Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr., who died saving the lives of fellow troops, will receive posthumous Medal of Honor PHOTOS: Medal of Honor Recipient Leslie H. Sabo Jr.

Benjamin Busch has an interesting resume. He’s an actor -- he played Anthony Colicchio on the HBO series “The Wire,” appearing in the final three seasons of the show -- and also a photographer, former Marine Corps officer and writer. The son of novelist Frederick Busch, he was raised in upstate New York and went to Vassar College. An item in the New Yorker recently noted that his parents had pr...

Mr. Faas, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning war photographer who later was editor of the Associated Press staff in Saigon, produced the most haunting photographs of the Vietnam War.

The celebrated Associated Press combat photographer Horst Faas, known for his decade of work during the Vietnam War, dies at 79.

Mr. Katzenbach, an attorney general in the Johnson administration, tackled segregation, the Cuban missile crisis, Vietnam War strategy and the Kennedy assassination in his government service.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Support for the war in Afghanistan has hit a new low and is on par with support for the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, a bad sign for President Barack Obama as he argues that to end the war responsibly the United States must remain in Afghanistan another two years....

A FEDERAL government tribunal will consider whether there needs to be further recognition of Australian soldiers who monitored enemy radio communications during the Vietnam War.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- A Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activist has been arrested and accused of terrorism for allegedly trying to sabotage liberation celebrations commemorating the end of the Vietnam War, state media said Sunday....

It's obvious why playwright David Auburn was so fascinated by the story of journalist Joseph Alsop. Just look at some of the elements: enormous political influence, a key role in the Vietnam War, Soviet blackmail and a secret life.

DALLAS -- It seems almost quaint to mention today, in the era of the “birther’’ movement, but we used to debate where presidential candidates were during the Vietnam War, not where they were born. Just eight years ago, this line of inquiry produced two spectacular efforts: Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and "Rathergate.'' Read full article >>

Soldier wrote detailed report claiming US generals 'have so distorted the truth … the truth has become unrecognisable'"I am – how do you say it? – persona non grata," said Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Davis, as he sat sipping a coffee and eating a chocolate sundae in a shopping mall, just a subway stop from the Pentagon.The career soldier is now a black sheep at the giant defence department buildi...

How about last night's episode, huh?? That sh*t cray! WARNING: Sexy Retro Spoilers Ahead… While Megan Draper tries to cope with Don Draper's philandering past, he's murdering it… literally!! We're so glad it turned out to just be a fever dream, but damn Don, we hope you're over it… but we doubt it. Then! [...]

Jane Fonda, whose outspoken criticism of the Vietnam War once earned her the nickname “Hanoi Jane,” has been tapped to play Nancy Reagan, former first lady and wife to the late President Ronald Reagan, FoxNews.com has confirmed.  

Liam Hemsworth is going to war. No, the Hunger Games star isn't joining the Army, but he is taking on the role of a soldier in the Vietnam War in his upcoming flick...

Neil Berry An American serviceman in Afghanistan embarking on a homicidal rampage and evoking one of the grisliest episodes of the Vietnam War, no end to the bloodshed in Iraq. Even those who feared the worst when the US, the UK and their allies went into Afghanistan and Iraq must struggle to credit just how badly things have turned out. Not surprisingly perhaps, in Britain, as in the US, ther...

The armed drone has become a symbol of modern war. Who needs people? We have cheap(ish) robots that can spy and kill for us—and they do, around the world. But before UAVs were rocketing Afghanistan, they roamed Vietnam. More »

President rejects any comparison with My Lai massace during the Vietnam war

Nearly two years ago in June 2010, the war in Afghanistan surpassed the Vietnam War to become the longest war in American history. Although the U.S. ousted the Taliban from power and killed Osama bin Laden last year in Pakistan, it is clear that recent incidents, including the tragic killing of civilians by a U.S. soldier, are costing Americans the hearts and minds of the people of Afghanistan....

The court martial of Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich in the Haditha killings has been closely watched by retired Marines, many silently furious that criminal charges were brought against the young squad leader.

Oh. So einen Artikel gibt es hier auch! Da muss ich doch gleich mal das erzählen, was ich seit vielen Jahren dazu vermute. Die Mondlandung hat stattgefunden und es wurden gefälschte Bilder veröffentlicht. Da hatten die Leute in den USA sehr viele Diskussionen über dieses Thema, und Vietnam war erst einmal verdrängt.

More than 100,000 Vietnamese have been killed or injured by land mines or other abandoned explosives since the Vietnam War ended nearly 40 years ago, officials said Monday.