Viet Nam Archives - Veterans' Tales

Lies and Damned Lies!– Twitter Alert for Veterans; This is not Stolen Valor

Posted by: Vassar

When things occur in bunches it usually means an invisible hand is at work.

Suddenly we’re seeing a spate of “Viet and Gulf War vets” claiming that Trump is among other things, a draft dodger.

Real Vietnam-era vets, whether Viet War #1, 1962-1968 (JFK-LBJ’s War) or Viet War #2, 1969-1973 (Nixon’s War.) know the difference.

Consider: Most young people under 50 were never taught there was a Vietnam War under the Democrats. Only Nixon. Just send Jesse Waters out on the street and ...

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17
SEP
2020

Army, Front Page, GWOT: Afghanistan, GWOT: Iraq, Navy, Readers' Tales, Viet Nam

Overwar, a Photo Gallery of Air Force in Vietnam, by Cade Martin

Posted by: Vassar

From a friend and contributor, Ray Kasey, this covers many of the pilots alive today from the Vietnam War. Each has his tale. Cade Martin a fine photographer and patriot.

Just click “Overwar” to open.

Vassar

Overwar

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16
JUN
2020

Air Force, Front Page, Readers' Tales, Viet Nam

A Special Tribute to Maj Guy, RIP

Posted by: Vassar

You may recall my stories about Maj Guy in the two tales of Manos restaurant in Tokyo in the 1970s, My first adventure, and the time Maj Guy and I took our wives to Manos, just to prove out innocent intentions. It was very exclusive brothel of sorts, with only foreign women, which Japanese men at that time were very enamored with.

Earlier this week I did a long post on “Jefe”, who was Maj Guy’s boss in the ...

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6
MAR
2020

Army, By and Angel's Kiss, Front Page, Readers' Tales, Viet Nam

Famous Un-Common People I Have Known, Jefe (Revised)

Posted by: Vassar

(Note: I wrote this a few days ago under the assumption Jefe was no longer able to correspond and even have passed away. He wrote me yesterday from Hawaii that he was just fine, Thank you, and to correct a couple of errors in my retelling of our last discussion in 1975. I amended it accordingly. Don’t be surprised to see him writing a few stories here, his military career goes back to the 50s. Here’s to his good health.)

His ...

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5
MAR
2020

Army, By and Angel's Kiss, Front Page, Readers' Tales, Viet Nam

8mm Movie of Combat Assault in Vietnam, from Grunt Wolfie

Posted by: Vassar

About 18 minutes.

Speaks for itself. Courtesy of Mike Collins, a frequent contributor to Veterans Tales.

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5
FEB
2020

Army, Front Page, Readers' Tales, Viet Nam

The Greatest Beer Run Ever

Posted by: Vassar

The Beer of my Youth, 1964-1969

This story tells itself, and I know guys from Chicago, Philadelphia, who had pals from home that still get together.

(H/t to Mike Collins, regular contributor)

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28
JAN
2020

Army, Front Page, Readers' Tales, Viet Nam

The Suicide of General Chesty Puller’s Son, Lewis, Jr.

Posted by: Vassar

One of my best is a Marine. Remember, they never die. He was a Marine sniper in the early 60s. Served a short tour in Japan and another (one year) in Vietnam. I’m not sure how many enlistments he made it through, maybe two. He joined the Marines to avoid jail time from juvenile court judge (they still did that in those days) and probably left the Corps on the same terms. I believe he held the Corps record for ...

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4
OCT
2019

Front Page, Marines, Readers' Tales, Viet Nam

Chesty Puller, Lewis Puller Jr

U. S. Marines in Urban Warfare

Posted by: PUMABydesign001

Fix Bayonets! by Mustang

Urban areas (cities and large towns), are important centers of gravity —points of interest that involve a complex range of human activities. Throughout history military commanders have acknowledged that urban areas are either places that require protection, or they are centers that demand firm control. These are mankind’s centers of population, transportation and communications hubs, seats of government, the sources of national wealth, and concentrations of industry. Over the past three-hundred years, humans living in agrarian areas ...

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18
MAY
2019

Front Page, Korea, Marines, Viet Nam

History & Traditions, Iraq War, Korean War, Middle East, Urban Warfare, Vietnam War/Era

Early History of US Army Advisers and MAAG Mission in Vietnam, 1959-1963

Posted by: Vassar

Seems you can’t turn your head without finding our friend SGM Fred Barnes in the middle of history. Last year we introduced Fred as an E-3 trooper whose unit was brought into to witness (as guinea pigs) the first and only firing of the Army’s famous atomic cannon in the Nevada desert in 1953.

(Fast forward six years, and Spec 5 Barnes found himself at the front of the history known in America as the “Vietnam War”, only four years before ...

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2
APR
2019

Army, Front Page, Readers' Tales, Viet Nam

miliytary advisers, Vietnam War