Tag: history

  • Welcome Home

    Welcome Home

    America’s involvement in Southeast Asia began shortly after World War II. In the beginning, the United States sent only money and military advisors to assist South Vietnam in their fight against the communist forces of North Vietnam. A decade later, U.S. assistance also included elite combat troops to further bolster South Vietnam’s military effort. America’s…

  • Moments

    Moments

    There are moments in life that stay with you forever. Sometimes their significance goes unnoticed when they are happening, and it is only later when you realize the memory of that moment has wormed its way into your soul and will never let go.  For me, one of those moments came in 1975 in the…