Category Page for: Vietnam

Former Medal of Honor winner Robert Lewis Howard dead at age 70

» by Bill December 24th, 2009 at 5:54 am » Comments (13)

He passed away in Texas yesterday. The citation for his Medal of honor read- For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the ...more »

William Calley apologizes for My Lai

» by Bill August 22nd, 2009 at 9:05 am » Comments (20)

A little over 41 years has passed since the infamous massacre. From AP- Speaking in a soft, sometimes labored voice, the only U.S. Army officer convicted in the 1968 slayings of ...more »

Hwacheon County Opens Vietnam War Memorial Village

» by GI Korea October 28th, 2008 at 1:04 pm » Comments (5)

This is definitely some place I need to go and check out the next time I am in Korea: A Vietnam War veterans memorial village will be dedicated on Thursday in ...more »

ROK Drop Review: Bing West’s, The Village

» by GI Korea June 4th, 2008 at 10:06 am » Comments (20)

Bing West is a well respected military writer, especially for his recent books in regards to the war in Iraq. However, until recently I haven’t read the first book ...more »

Vietnam War Memorial Vandalized

» by GI Korea September 13th, 2007 at 7:33 am » Comments (4)

UPDATE #2: I'm not the surprised but the vandalism of war memorials is widespread across the country. The communists and anarchists usually responsible for these crimes are marching on DC ...more »

ROK Vietnam Veterans Win Agent Orange Lawsuit

» by GI Korea January 30th, 2006 at 9:36 pm » Comments (7)

Former ROK Army veterans who served in the Vietnam War recently won a lawsuit against the US companies responsible for manufacturing the chemical, Agent Orange, that was used to clear ...more »

More Vietnam Era Documents Declassified

» by GI Korea December 3rd, 2005 at 8:32 am » Comments (1)

The Korean government has declassified additional documents highlighting specifics about the ROK Army deployment to Vietnam: Korean president Park Chung-hee in the later 1960s proposed a regional defense body with Japan ...more »