Latest Vietnam War Stories
Veteran Non-Profit Welcomes Acclaimed Speaker LeAnn Thieman and Former Director of Overseas Operations for Operation Babylift, Ross Meador DANA POINT, Calif., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Torch1975.org, a non-profit organization, today announced LeAnn Thieman and Ross Meador as Keynote speakers at the Gerald Ford Centennial Gala 2013 during the Operation Babylift Reunion event being held on July 12-15, 2013 in Dana Point, Calif. The Operation Babylift Reunion is an annual...
NESHANIC STATION, N.J., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This year is the organization's 26(th) anniversary demonstration in support of POW/MIA and veterans' issues. Speakers for this year include Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI 8); Rep. Jon Runyan (R-NJ 3); LTC. Andras Marton, Iraq/Afghanistan Veteran; Lynn O'Shea, director of research for the National Alliance of Families; Veteran's advocate Nikki Mendicino and other supporters of Rolling Thunder(®), Inc. and the POW/MIA issue. A...
DALLAS, April 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --You get to ride with Josh Haman as he flies an HH-3A with the call sign BIG MOTHER 40 on combat rescues and insertions and extractions of SEAL teams in the hunt for the secret missile base. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130418/DA97204) U.S. Air Force pilots are becoming reluctant to fly into North Vietnam from Thailand because the North Vietnamese are shooting them down at an unacceptable rate from a base they cannot find. At the...
INDIANAPOLIS, March 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a scathing letter sent to CBS, Vietnam War veteran and American Legion National Commander James E. Koutz called for the Tiffany Network to apologize for "its disgraceful slap-in-the face administered to American war heroes" during a prime time broadcast Sunday night. "The show is called 'The Amazing Race,' but I call it 'The Amazing Gall,'" Koutz said. "In a broadcast reminiscent of Tokyo Rose, reality game show contestants...
Exclusive First: McCain and Brace -- the Longest POW in Vietnam History -- Describe the Secret Communication at the "Hanoi Hilton" Which Led to Life-Changing Bond "[Brace's] story should be told to every American, about what love of country, about love of one's fellow prisoners and faith in God is all about. I don't know of a more compelling story that carries those lessons." - Senator John McCain Locked Up Abroad Premieres Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at 9 PM ET/PT on National...
New Group Hopes to Re-Energize Public Support for Full Accounting of Missing Service Personnel LAKE WALES, Fla., Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A group of veteran activists who have spent years trying to gain the truth about prisoners of war and those missing in action (POW/MIA) has formed a new organization called Honor-Release-Return, Inc. (HRR). HRR's mission is to re-energize public interest and gain the truth about U.S. prisoners of war, achieve declassification of all...
Birth Defect Research for Children Asking Public to Sign Petition for Research Center ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Birth Defect Research for Children (BDRC) has been tracking the increased incidence of birth defects and developmental disabilities among children of U.S. military veterans since 1990, and is asking the public for help in garnering support for a Children's Research Center to study the phenomena. BDRC started a petition to the Veteran's...
Lou Baldin was an army specialist stationed in Okinawa during the Napalming and Agent Orange blitzkrieg on Vietnam, which was a war fought "as if we were fighting Alien beings from other worlds," said Baldin. (PRWEB) December 12, 2012 The Vietnam War was a drug infested horrific military conflict where many soldiers (knowingly and unknowingly) were provided hallucinogenic drugs by the military to cope and forget their hellish nightmares forged in the jungles of an alien land,...
PACIFICA, Calif., Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wayland Fong was born in San Francisco. He is the son of a Vietnamese refugee and Chinese immigrant. He currently attends Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121206/SF25795) He has had repeated stays in the hospital (17 times) due to illness. He spent more than half a year in bed suffering from the pain. He has moved across the state and country nine times, and has transferred schools...
MCLEAN, Va., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- USA TODAY and National Geographic Channel have partnered on a special tabloid edition: 50 Years Later - A Salute to the Veterans of the Vietnam War. The special edition marks the 50(th) anniversary of the start of the Vietnam War. The 48-page all color special edition includes: A look at Vietnam veterans from all 50 states, each representing a different aspect of post-Vietnam life in the USA. Some of the veterans are well-known, such as...
