Kyle Mizokami
History, Asia
The USS New Jersey, an Iowa-Class Battleship, did some major damage.
As the war in Vietnam reached its crescendo, the U.S. Navy prepared to recommission one of the most powerful ships ever to serve in the fleet. USS New...
Since launching IntroverTravels in South Dakota nearly three years ago, Marek has planned a wide array of trips for his clients, from tours of Vietnam and Thailand focused on cuisine, to more adventurous wildlife-watching itineraries in South Africa...
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Warfare History Network
Technology,
You decide.
During the Vietnam War, the AK-47 earned the grudging respect of the American fighting man, even as his own M16 became the subject of controversy. The most recognizable variant of the original AK-47...
The Border Patrol is to the millennial lefty what the Marines in Vietnam were to his grandpa. The problem with both is not that they wear uniforms and carry guns. A heavily armed force dedicated to policing carbon emissions, hate speech, and...
Facebook, which is currently used by 60m out of the country’s 96m people, will be challenged by Vietnamese tech companies to steer users away from the massive US tech giant.
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A Vietnamese military official advocates developing a more modern, better skilled navy that can hold off complex threats, mainly what experts believe to be increasing pressure from China.A rear admiral and political commissar in Hanoi told the...
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The remains of Col. Roy Knight Jr., shot down in 1967, arrived in Dallas Thursday to an emotional audience. (Image credit: AP)
It’s 715 miles to LaGrange, Georgia. Saturday afternoon, they’re having the memorial service for my Uncle Casper, a combat veteran of Vietnam who married my mother’s baby sister Barbara. I’ve reserved a rental car ($211.17)...
"was shot down while attacking a target on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos"
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In May a Chinese vessel exploring for oil tried to stop the operations of a Malaysian contract drilling site in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank says. In June and July, a Chinese boat entered a standoff with Vietnam over exploration in another...
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Nearly a year and a half before the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, the shooting in Parkland, Florida, sparked some of the largest youth-led protests since the Vietnam War. Young survivors sparked America's gun debate. But some say much more...
Related topics: Protests, Debate
Dario Leone
Security,
Well, not exactly. Read on.
The BUFF MiG kills during the Vietnam War.
The Boeing B-52 is the ultimate embodiment of the principle of strategic air power: developed to carry a hydrogen bomb over intercontinental ranges, the...
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At Vietnam’s Can Gio reserve, monkeys performed tricks in subpar conditions. The circus has left—but the monkeys remain in possession of the corporation.
At Tuesday’s Democratic debate, during a segment on how the candidates planned to deal with climate change, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg put everything into perspective: None of these plans can come to fruition unless President Donald Trump...
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In Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday that was largely dominated by the panel of CNN moderators cutting off candidates in the middle of their answers — as New York Magazine, which called the network’s debate format...
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Dozens of live pangolins smuggled from Laos were discovered "dehydrated and weak" on a bus in central Vietnam, police and conservationists said Tuesday, in a country where the endangered mammals are a highly-prized delicacy.
Related topics: Laos, Police
New Delhi (Sputnik): In a bid to counter China in the contested South China Sea, Vietnam has apprised India about movement of Chinese ships in the South China Sea. The development comes after China conducted seismic surveys in the presence of a...
Related topics: India, China, New Delhi
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The United States has sanctioned a North Korean trade official based in Vietnam over efforts to evade United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang by arranging deals for North Korea’s munitions industry, the Treasury Department...
Related topics: North Korea, Pyongyang
Fifty-five pieces of rhino horn were found encased in plaster at an airport in the Vietnamese capital, authorities said Sunday, as the country tries to crack down on sophisticated wildlife smuggling routes.
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Dario Leone
Security,
A Vietnam War story.
In response to the North Vietnamese “Easter Offensive” into South Vietnam in 1972, President Nixon suspended peace talks on May 8 and ordered Operation Linebacker, the renewed bombings of North...