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Heroic Soviet women flew daring combat missions in World War II. Although Americans continue to debate whether to assign women to U.S. military combat units, during World War II the Soviet Union mobilized over 800,000 women and many of them served in combat roles. After suffering staggering losses (over3 million men) in the first six …
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Three Hots, a Cot and a World-Class ShotI enlisted in the Army as a 17-year- old recruit from a 4-mile hollow in Hernshaw, West Virginia, in 1955. Years later, when it came time to do my security clearance, I had to own … Read MoreM29A1 81mm Medium MortarShortly before midnight on July 12, 1970, Alpha Company of the 2nd Battalion, 501st Airborne Infantry Regiment, detected movement about 200 meters below its landing zone on a hill.… Read MoreInterview: Jan ScruggsJAN SCRUGGS volunteered for service in Vietnam and suffered shrapnel wounds over much of his body when his unit was ambushed in May 1969. After the war, while studying for a gradua… Read More‘Big Ears Three’ and the Battle of Bien HoaA 19-year-old sentry assigned to a listening post at a U.S. air base gets caught in the crossfire during a Viet Cong attack. On January 29, 1968, the night sky above the sprawling … Read MoreDigital version offers interactive features and bonus contentIn the first issue of Vietnam magazine, published in the summer of 1988, founding editor Colonel Harry Summers Jr. laid out a clear but challenging mission: “an exploration of the … Read More
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