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  • America in Vietnam: The communists drew first blood 50 years ago

    07/07/2009 10:36:11 PM PDT · by Abakumov · 15 replies · 1,032+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | July 8, 2009 | Editorial
    Few Americans have heard of Bien Hoa, but the Vietnam War started there 50 years ago today.
  • The Tet Battles of Bien Hoa and Long Binh

    01/29/2006 8:31:18 PM PST · by indcons · 29 replies · 1,381+ views
    Vietnam magazine/HistoryNet.com ^ | January 29, 2006 | Lt. Col. John E. Gross, U.S. Army (ret.)
    A great deal has been written about the battles of Tet 1968 and the political firestorm that resulted from them. Less has been written about the danger, turmoil, chaos, confusion, contradictions and outright lunacy that confronted individual units as they responded to VC attacks on the morning of January 31. This is the story of one rifle company, and what it faced on that decisive day. Mainly it is the story of some of the finest solders to ever wear the uniform of the U.S. Army and how they reacted not only to fierce combat, but also to the fog...