Marine awarded Navy Cross at Vietnam War’s Battle of Hue remembered as ‘magnificent,’ humble leader
Fighting in the City of Hue as a Marine, Myron Harrington was awarded the Silver Star and Navy Cross a week apart.
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The real Rafterman: Marine who inspired ‘Full Metal Jacket’ character shares his story
Instead of waiting to be drafted, he enlisted in the Marines for three years and served in Vietnam as a combat correspondent ... the truth during the Battle of Hue. The battle, from late January ...
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The Battle of Hue City was fought 57 years ago this month
The Battle of Hue City was the longest battle of the war in Vietnam and among the bloodiest. 142 Marines were killed in action over the 32 day battle. Around 3AM January 31st of '68 NVA soldiers ...
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Former and Active DMZs Allow Visitors to Learn the Haunting History of These Landscapes
When standing at the center of Vietnam’s Hien Luong pedestrian bridge, the former divide between the country’s north and ...
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Vietnam’s Hue to build unique wooden stage on iconic Huong River
An artist’s impression of a wooden stage on the Huong River in Hue City, Thua Thien - Hue Province, central Vietnam. Photo: V. Thanh Hue City, the capital of Thua Thien-Hue Province in central Vietnam ...
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Vietnam War Symposium to honor Colorado veterans March 22
To honor those who served, the Veterans Museum Broomfield and the City and County of Broomfield are sponsoring a daylong ...
Marines go ashore in Vietnam
SAIGON -- Combat-ready U.S. Marines swarmed ashore today and took up defense positions around the Da Nang air base only 80 miles from Communist North Vietnam. It was the first Marine landing in a ...
York County Vietnam War veterans telling oral histories of their service
The fall of the South Vietnam capital of Saigon on April 30, 1975 — soon to be 50 years ago — effectively spelled the end of ...