“I am not a hero,” said Vietnam swift boat veteran Jack Shamley, after agreeing to have his military profile published. “The heroes are the ones who did not come home.” Curt Synness, a Navy veteran, ...
When a certain Vermont governor pulled his Screamin' Dean act earlier this year, it heralded the impending death of a campaign always doomed to be nothing more than a historical footnote. Similarly, ...
Ever since John Kerry became the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, the campaign has centered around one issue more than anything else: the Vietnam War. The right tried to claim that a ...
As part of its “Coffee and Conversation” series, the Broomfield Veterans Museum will host an event where a local veteran will talk about his service in Vietnam. Lou Marucheau, a University of Colorado ...
ON THE BAY HAP RIVER, Vietnam (AP) - The 50-foot Swift boats were easy targets as they plowed through the waterways of the Mekong Delta in packs of three or four, making big waves and thunderous noise ...