These US and Vietnamese soldiers were killed while fighting the Viet Cong near Saigon ... Vietnam. The siege lasted 77 days and was one of the longest and most gruesome battles in the war.

Heroes Hall supervisor Johanna Svensson said “Echoes of Conflict” coincides with the 50-year commemoration of the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, which marked the end of the war in Vietnam.

The diary tells of the soldier’s grueling journey through Laos, over the Ho Chi Minh Trail ... About the Vietnam War. Extensive site from University of Illinois with essays, maps, photos ...

Figure caption, Vietnam War Supplies being carried through jungle routes from North Vietnam to the South on the Ho Chi Minh trail These efforts to ‘manage’ the Cold War and to improve ...