Saigon, South Vietnam, May 10, 1968: Refugees flee burning buildings near Tan Son Nhut air base. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces started shelling more than 120 provincial capitals, towns and ...

Shortly after midnight on January 30, 1968, cities in South Vietnam came under simultaneous attack by North Vietnamese Army (NVA) soldiers and Viet Cong (VC) guerrillas. Many of the attacks were ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 1968 (UPI) - President Johnson Friday termed the Viet Cong attacks on major South Vietnamese cities "a complete failure" militarily and said they would force no change in American ...

Just a few miles from the demilitarized zone separating North and South Vietnam in February of 1968, Army Private First Class Tom Hagel didn’t know that CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite had ...

1936 – 2008A deep humanity guided the legendary Magnum photographer over decadesdocumenting the toll of war A U.S. soldier takes a firing position during a battle in Saigon in 1968.Griffiths' most ...

From its occupation of the Philippines following the Spanish-American war to the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States has had a long and checkered history of nation-building.

CROSBY — Steve Wenzel will speak about Vietnam and the 1968 presidential election at 1:30 p.m. April 14 at Unlimited Learning in Crosby. Wenzel will cover the history of the Vietnam War, its roots in ...

Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? Richard Brummett was born into a family of true believers—in Jesus, in ...

Saigon, Vietnam, Feb. 3, 1968: Heavy smoke billows from a massive tire pile as onlookers stand by. The exact location of the fire was not noted by the photographer, but possibly Tan Son Nhut Air Base, ...