Vietnam War

40 Years Later 'Napalm Girl' Tells Her Story

AP | MARGIE MASON | Posted 05.31.2012

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TRANG BANG, Vietnam — In the picture, the girl will always be 9 years old and wailing "Too hot! Too hot!" as she runs down the road away from he...

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Karl Marlantes: Scholar and Warrior

Steve Peck | Posted 05.31.2012

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Karl Marlantes opens up about his experiences serving as a Marine in Vietnam and returning to civilian life in his new book What It Is Like To Go To War.

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Those Who Fight for America Are Heroes, Period

Steven Kurlander | Posted 05.30.2012

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Being anti-war does not mean that you still can't value the mission of the soldiers as the guardians of our liberties and our way of life-or their status as "heroes," particularly those who fought and died.

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Some Anti-war Reflections on Memorial Day

Rick Ayers | Posted 05.30.2012

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Across the country this memorial day, in parks and at parades, before sporting events and at graduation ceremonies, the hypocrisy of men extolling the glories of warfare was on obscene display.

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George Duncan Macdonald, a Nation's War Hero

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.29.2012

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Today the country's flag will fly at half-staff throughout the State of Illinois to honor a hero from the Vietnam conflict -- George Duncan Macdonald.

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Success! After 45 Years Of Guarding Soldier's Watch, Vietnam Vet Finds Owner

Posted 05.29.2012

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Though Jim Schweickert never learned the name of the soldier who trusted him with his watch in Vietnam, he never gave up trying to return it. Schw...

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When the World Stopped to Listen

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.29.2012

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The music of the Beatles remains with us still, a poignant reminder that we all have a part to play in bringing about a world dedicated to peace and love.

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They Gave Their Best

Pamela H. Long | Posted 05.28.2012

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The men of my father's generation were stalwart, laconic men of few illusions. Most of them had served in Korea, and many had seen combat in Vietnam as well.

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One Who Represents Many

D. Robert Worley | Posted 05.28.2012

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Memorial Day takes me back and helps put my personal and professional priorities where they properly belong. The name Michael Eugene Hoppers invariably appears front and center in my thoughts, but he represents many.

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PHOTOS: Americans Honor Troops On Memorial Day Weekend

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.28.2012

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The Associated Press (AP) -- Boy Scouts carry a large American flag through the Memphis National Cemetery in Tennessee, where scouts also placed fl...

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Memorial Day 2012

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 05.27.2012

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This weekend the United States celebrates Memorial Day. Sadly, for many Americans the holiday mostly marks the beginning of summer rather than a time to remember those who gave their lives in service to their country.

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Big Willie Robinson, 69, King of the Street Racers

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2012

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"Big" Willie Robinson, founder and president of the International and National Brotherhood of Street Racers, died this past Saturday. He was 69.

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Memorial Day 2012: Putting a Face to the Sacrifices of So Many

Dorian de Wind | Posted 05.25.2012

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As we once again observe Memorial Day we remember and honor the more than one million American men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice in all our wars, including more than 6,800 from our two most recent wars -- and counting.

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MIA Vietnam Soldier Laid To Rest 36 Years After Disappearance

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 05.28.2012

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Every Memorial Day, I take out a scrapbook my grandmother made over 40 years ago. Each page is filled with photographs of young men I've never met. Under every face is the exhortation: WHERE IS HE? My uncle's face is on page three.

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A Memorial Day Remembrance of Peace Activist Soldiers

Doug Bradley | Posted 05.23.2012

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On Memorial Day, I remember some of the most ardent and intense peace enthusiasts I've ever known: U.S. soldiers during the Vietnam War.

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Life In The Faas Lane

Doug Bradley | Posted 05.18.2012

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If ever there was a war defined and illuminated by photography, it was the war in Vietnam. And if ever there was a photographer who left his imprint on the unforgettable images of Vietnam, it was Horst Faas.

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Policy And Practice For Women At War: A Timeline

The Huffington Post | Molly O'Toole and Chris Spurlock | Posted 05.14.2012

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A timeline of the history of women in the military highlights how official policy restrictions have lagged behind their service. Layer on the lives of...

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LBJ, Two Stories

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.08.2012

It would be a colossal bit of hubris to suggest that Robert Caro needs any help from me in researching Lyndon Johnson's presidency from 1964-68, but I have two good stories about that period, and I'd like to get them on Huffington before the book comes out.

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Finding the Face of My Muse: A Vietnam Veteran I Never Met

Susan Dormady Eisenberg | Posted 05.08.2012

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So in a few weeks when Memorial Day again rolls around, I'll raise a glass to my pen pal and say the words, "Semper Fi." And I'll be silently thanking the VVMF for its ongoing campaign to find and post photos of all who died in that conflict.

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More Atrocities in Afghanistan - Why Are We Surprised?

Steve Nelson | Posted 05.07.2012

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Here we go again. Photos published several weeks ago (taken in 2010) showed U.S. soldiers displaying the corpses and body parts of alleged Afghan ins...

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May 4, 1970: National Guardsmen Kill Four Students At Kent State, 'The Most Popular Murders Ever Committed in America'

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.04.2012

Kent State is America's Tiananmen Square. The photo of a young girl kneeling over the body of a dead student is etched on our collective retinas. But all these years later, it is still hard to comprehend. There is no resolution of this tragedy.

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What's Going On: The Youth Radio Remix

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.04.2012

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If there aren't enough musicians these days producing albums that will help Americans cope...we can always reach back into the vault.

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Dear Daniel Ellsberg

Peter Van Buren | Posted 04.24.2012

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When I faced a crisis of conscience, to tell what I knew because it needed to be told, coming to realize I was risking at the least my job if not jail, I remembered the Pentagon Papers from 1971 you risked the same and more to release.

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Soldiers' Stories

Daniel N. Nelson | Posted 04.24.2012

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What will today's veterans say about their multiple tours in Iraq or Afghanistan? How will they explain to their children and grandchildren, if they are able, why they or their friends sustained their grievous physical or mental injuries?

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Closure: A Changed Point of View

John A. Anderson | Posted 04.19.2012

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For those who continue to wrestle with war injuries, post-traumatic stress syndrome and the lingering effects of an experience that they really didn't ask for, recognition is long overdue.

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