Archive for the 'Vietnam War' Category

Feb

THESE PAST EVENTS MADE HISTORY

CARLATA BRADLEY

REMEMBERING SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA: Today, we remember the seven astronauts killed in the space shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003. FULL STORY & PICTURES: www.foxla.com/news/233008366-story

Ten Years Later: The Impact of The Tragic Columbia Space Shuttle Photo | PetaPixel

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,Astronauts,Aviation disaster,BIRTHDAY,HISTORY,NEWSPAPER,Vietnam War and have No Comments

Jan

THESE PAST EVENTS MADE TODAY’S HISTORY

The Associated Press
CARLATA BRADLEY

MLK's name change: How Martin Luther King Jr. was born ...
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,BIRTHDAY,Civil rights,HISTORY,Pentagon,POLITICAL,Queen,Super Bowl,Vietnam War and have No Comments

Dec

PAST EVENTS THAT BECAME HISTORY

Steven Spielberg | MY HERO

73 years young, happy birthday Steven Spielberg!

Steven Spielberg's Portrait Is Coming to the Smithsonian's Permanent Collection - Washingtonian
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg is 80 years old today.

Sold at Auction: Steven Spielberg ...

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,Balet,Bombing,CURRENT EVENTS,DEBUT,Filmmaker,HISTORY,Japanese Americans,THEN AND NOW,Vietnam War and have No Comments

Dec

END OF THE WAR ANNOUNCED ON THIS DAY

Image of President Richard Nixon during a news conference, Dec. 8, 1969

At a news conference, President Richard Nixon said that the
Vietnam War is coming to a “conclusion as a result of the
plan that we have instituted.”

Nixon had announced at a conference in Midway in June that
the United States would be following a new program he termed “Vietnamization.”

The Fall Of The Best And The Brightest: Reflections On Vietnam 50 Years Later

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,HISTORY,News Conference,NEWSPAPER,President,Vietnam War and have No Comments

Dec

FIRST VIETNAM MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER

Roger Donlon, Vietnam War's First Medal of Honor Recipient, Dies at 89 - The New York Times

The first Medal of Honor awarded to a U.S. serviceman for
action in Vietnam was presented to Capt. Roger Donlon
of Saugerties, New York, for his heroic action earlier in
the year.

Captain Donlon and his Special Forces team were manning
Camp Nam Dong, a mountain outpost near the borders of
Laos and North Vietnam.

Just before two o’clock in the morning on July 6, 1964, hordes
of Viet Cong attacked the camp. He was shot in the stomach,
but Donlon stuffed a handkerchief into the wound, cinched up
his belt, and kept fighting.

He was wounded three more times, but he continued fighting,
manning a mortar, throwing grenades at the enemy, and
refusing medical attention.

Week of June 30, 2024 | Vietnam War Commemoration