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US Army UH-1D helicopters airlift US soldiers in South Vietnam, May 1966 (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)

Echoes of the Jungle: A Look Back at the Vietnam War’s Defining Battles

Explore the defining battles of the Vietnam War (1954 to 1975) and their enduring lessons in this insightful retrospective.

Military History Mar 20

President Gerald R. Ford Holding a Refugee Baby and Talking with Nurses on an Operation Babylift Plane After Its Arrival at San Francisco International Airport from South Vietnam. (National Archives and Records Administration , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

The Controversy of Operation Babylift During the Vietnam War

Was it right to assume that all those more than 3,000 kids were orphans and not some children who got lost and with parents waiting to find them?

A helicopter is being pushed overboard. Image from rarehistoricalphotos.com

Operation Frequent Wind: When the Sailors Threw Helicopters Overboard to Make Room for Evacuees

Did the US military hesitate to throw away $10 million worth of vehicles to make room for more refugees?

Remembering Marines Charles McMahon, Darwin Judge Last American KIAs in Vietnam, April 29, 1975

Remembering Marines Charles McMahon, Darwin Judge Last American KIAs in Vietnam, April 29, 1975

On this day 44 years ago, America’s involvement came to a close when North Vietnamese soldiers completed their invasion of the south and stormed the capital of Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City. Those iconic images of Soviet-made tanks crashing thru the gates of the Presidential Palace and U.S. sailors pushing helicopters off the sides […]

Aviation Apr 29

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