Vietnam: The War That Changed America puts "a different lens" on the conflict
It effectively ended on 30 April 1975 with helicopter flights taking staff and dependants from the roof of the US Embassy in ...
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Storied Marine infantry battalion to be transformed into Littoral Combat Team
The term “redesignating” means that the battalion is becoming a new unit, not deactivating ... body to shield other Marines from a grenade. The battalion deployed to Vietnam from 1965 to ...
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Marine saved many lives in Vietnam
crew chief and mechanic on an HMM-164 Helicopter Marine Aircraft Unit, nicknamed “Flying Death” because of the dangerous missions flown by its crew. During his tour of duty in Vietnam ...
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The Marine Corps has finally fielded its first new amphibious vehicle since the Vietnam War
The Marine Corps has finally fielded its first ... The Corps’s first new amphibious vehicle since Vietnam, the ACV is expected to replace the service’s arsenal of Amphibious Assault Vehicles ...