Vietnam
Valor Friday
Born and raised in Macon, Georgia, Rodney Davis was 19 and had just graduated high school when he enlisted with the US Marine Corps in 1961. After completing recruit training he was a rifleman in Company K, 3/2 Marines at Camp Lejeune. By 1964 he’d been promoted to lance corporal and was sent to be […]
The Son Tay Prison raid
We missed the 50th anniversary of the Son Tay Raid. The date passed a few days ago now, which Jeff LPH 3 was kind enough to remind us of. He sent us this Military Times article that speaks with some of the men involved in the raid. The Son Tay Raid was a daring special […]
Valor Friday
Today’s subject comes from a request. Boomer and Poetrooper wanted to hear about Chief Master Sergeant Duane Hackney, the most decorated enlisted man in US Air Force history. Along with Colonel Bud Day, Major Richard Bong, and Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, Chief Hackney can also stake a claim as one of the most decorated American airmen […]
Vietnam POW Lt. Col Donald ‘Digger’ Odell (USAF Ret) dies at 86
The KoB sent in the sad news that we’ve lost another Vietnam POW. Lieutenant Colonel Donald “Digger” Odell has passed away at the age of 86. He’d enlisted in the Air Force in 1952 and became an aviation cadet, earning his commission three years later and becoming a pilot. After flight training he served as […]
Valor Friday
Continuing our series on valorous men of God… Charles Liteky was a Roman Catholic priest when he entered the US Army at age 35 in 1966 as a chaplain. Perhaps inspired by his father’s service, he enlisted right around the time of his dad’s death. His father, also Charles Liteky, had served with the US […]
Vietnam – The Marines at Khe Sanh 1968
The 2nd link below is to a video regarding the 1968 Battle for Khe Sanh, a USMC base built in the northern highlands of Vietnam. The video is narrated and is restored color, transferred to video. The attack on the Khe Sanh base came ahead of the Tet Offensive, starting on 21 January 1968 and […]
Women In Vietnam
This is a 3-part pdf of the history of the history of American servicewomen in Vietnam: the WACs, WAFs, WAVES, and WMs. It’s a pdf, which does not let me copy text to this blog. But there are plenty of photos, and please note that not all the gals were nurses. Most of the Navy […]
Donald Eugene Lee – Phony Vietnam Vet Back on the Radar
A while back, Jonn Lilyea wrote about Donald Eugene Lee, a phony Vietnam veteran. Lee did serve during the Vietnam War, so can say he was a “Vietnam Times” soldier, but his bling and claims went beyond that. It’s clear that he promoted himself as being in the Viet of the Nam. The original case […]
Recent Comments