Armed Conflicts Worldwide – Scattered Shots

Dad’s First Week In Vietnam

I saw this image above on facebook and it reminded me of a story my Dad told about his first week in Vietnam. On some main base before going out to a firebase he was in an ammo bunker with some other new guys and 4 -5 veterans getting ready to go back home. ItContinue reading “Dad’s First Week In Vietnam”

The Korean War Week 90: No Surrender, No Armistice… No Hope? – March 10, 1952

Marich Thomas B-55 Mike Force

Marich shared this picture of him in Vietnam in 1967 getting ready to go on patrol while in the B-55 Mike Force.

Some Vietnam War Stuff

I was going through my stuff the other day doing some re-organizing and thought I would take a couple of pictures of it posed up with my guns for some beauty shots. That is a real war era map below.

The Korean War Week 89: Is There Such Thing As Soviet Neutrality? – March 3, 1952

The Korean War Week 88: Riot or Revolution? – February 24, 1952

Nguyen Van Luong’s Amazing Mortar Wound

From our friend Nhat nhat_mil In October 1966, amid the long and grueling days of the Vietnam War, a quiet story began circulating through field hospitals near Da Nang—a story so extraordinary it seemed almost impossible to believe. A young soldier of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam named Nguyen Van Luong had beenContinue reading “Nguyen Van Luong’s Amazing Mortar Wound”

The Korean War Week 87: What’s Going On In Compound 62? – February 17, 1952

My First Combat Patrol

By Richard H. Dick James Before departing camp, I was warned that the terrain surrounding Cai Cai was honeycombed with VC mines, and to be on the alert. No amount of training will give a soldier true battle experience. The only way to get that experience, and learn if you can handle it, is toContinue reading “My First Combat Patrol”

The Korean War Week 86: Koje-do: A Simmering Cauldron – February 10, 1952

An astonishing accusation about chemical weapons by Soviet diplomat Yakov Malik dominates headlines this week, as the POW issue continues to plague ceasefire negotiations. But those are far from the only developments this week. Elsewhere, overcrowding, poor conditions, and lack of firm control escalate tensions at the UN’s Koje-do POW camp, perhaps beginning to precipitateContinue reading “The Korean War Week 86: Koje-do: A Simmering Cauldron – February 10, 1952”