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Mỹ Lai massacre: 55 years since one of the US Army’s worst atrocities of the 20th century
NextShark via Yahoo News· 1 year agoVictims of the Mỹ Lai massacre included men, women, children, infants and animals. Five platoons —...
On This Day, March 31: William Calley sentenced for My Lai Massacre
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn March 31, 1971, U.S. Army Lt. William Calley was sentenced to life in prison for his part in the...
From My Lai to Cave Hospitals—What to See in Vietnam
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoQuang Nguyen Vinh via PexelsMotorbike speedometers never seem to work in Vietnam. You can only guess at how fast you’re driving over the occasionally...
How ‘Paris By Night’ Became The Bedrock Of Global Vietnamese Culture
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAfter moving to Pasadena, California, to attend university in 2009, Toc Tien was contacted by Tô Văn...
Tô Văn Lai, creator of 'Paris by Night,' dies at 85
NextShark via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTô Văn Lai, creator of the iconic Vietnamese musical variety show “Paris by Night,” died on Tuesday. Born on May 11, 1937, in Saigon-Gia Dinh, Lai...
Remembering Christmas 1967 in Vietnam: 'I'll be home for Christmas'
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoChristmas 1967, Chu Lai, Vietnam — In mid-December, 1967, at the age of 20, and trained as an artillery surveyor in the U.S. Army, I found myself assigned to a 155mm Howitzer (BN) Battalion ...
Six decades later, Marine Vietnam veteran awarded Silver Star
Marine Corps Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoWhen Lance Cpl. Milo Plank Jr.’s tank platoon rolled off landing craft and onto beaches south of Chu...
Today in History: March 16, US soldiers kill hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese in My Lai massacre
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIn 1521, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew reached the Philippines, where Magellan was killed during a battle with natives the following month. In 1802, President Thomas Jefferson ...
What do 6 of the most iconic photos since Civil War say about how we see history?|Opinion
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoStan Alost is professor and graduate director at Ohio University’s Scripps College of...
Vietnam and the limits of Communist friend-shoring
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 months agoVietnam is the friend-shoring superstar of the Far East. It has the irresistible recipe that foreign capital craves: lower wages than China, coupled with...