Here’s What You Need to Know: By the time the survivors of the last NVA units slipped out of the city on March 3, Bowden estimates that ten thousand had died in the struggle for Hue—including roughly ...
That sound sends chills down the spine of Navy medics. It means a Marine has been wounded – or worse. Corpsmen spring into action with little regard for their own safety to help fallen comrades, often ...
For Mark Bowden, author of Hué 1968, the pivotal battle of the War in Vietnam did not follow the script most Americans were used to scanning in their newspapers or visualizing on the evening news. The ...
With backing from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, paperwork to upgrade the Navy Cross awarded to then-Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Canley to the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Hue City in ...
Here's What You Need to Know: The Tet Offensive marked an unusual turning point in the Vietnam War. Michael Bowden’s new history Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam pulls off a ...
(First of all, do we have a perpetual book recommendation thread? I did a search & couldn't find one, but maybe my search-fu is lacking) I've just finished the Kindle version of Mark Bowden's Hue 1968 ...
When did the tide of war turn decisively against the United States in Vietnam? The question has nagged at Americans ever since North Vietnamese tanks rumbled into Saigon in 1975, capping three decades ...
Medal of Honor recipient and retired Marine Sgt. Maj. John Canley, whose selfless heroism at the Battle of Hue City during the Vietnam War saved the lives of more than 20 Marines, has died at age 84.
All the Latest Game Footage and Images from SGS Battle For: Hue The battle of Hué is an epic fight during the audacious 1968 Tết offensive launched by the Communists during the Vietnam War. Relive one ...