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2008—Citigroup announces it will sack 52,000 workers. 2006—“We’ll succeed [in Iraq] unless we quit,” says George W.[MD] Bush. 2003—An Austrian muscleman becomes…

2002—Donald Rumsfeld predicts the Iraq War will last “five days or five weeks or five months…[no] longer….” 1968—In Quang Tri, Marine PFC Frank Baldino, 19…

This is one of those stories that I was hesitant to write about, because it’s outrageous outrage ready…and those are usually the ones that bite you in the butt when you jump right on them....

Two stories of revolts by US troops, including the shooting of a top sergeant and the mutiny of Bravo Company at Firebase Pace near Cambodia, written by Richard Boyle, a war correspondent who spent three tours in Vietnam.

A short account from Vietnam veteran, Dave Blalock, about his experiences enlisting in the military and getting involved in the anti-war GI movement which helped end the war.

KILLEEN — Their uniforms still bear the same gold stripes, gold suspenders on a navy blouse, with gold tassels atop their old cavalry hats as they did almost 100 years

Joe Todd Historian This is the final installment of an interview that historian Joe Todd did with Vietnam veteran Larry Seigel on Nov. 18, 2020, in Bartlesville. The interview has been lightly edited for length and clarity. (The interview continues with Seigel based Phuoc Vin Base Camp in southern Vietnam.) Todd: Did you have any rocket or mortar attacks at Phuoc Vinh? Seigel: All the time. We were rear echelon; except for walking through the jungle, it was the same as being front line because...