query: who was the last american soldier killed in vietnam

pos: Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge the U.S. involvement in Cambodia and Laos) recorded on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; those names belong to the 18 Americans killed in the Mayaguez Incident. Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge Charles McMahon (May 10, 1953 – April 29, 1975) and Darwin Lee Judge (February 16, 1956 – April 29, 1975) were the last two United States servicemen killed in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The two men, both U.S. Marines, were killed in a rocket attack one day before the Fall of Saigon. Charles McMahon, 11 days short of his 22nd birthday, was a corporal from Woburn, Massachusetts. Darwin Judge

pos: 1975 in the Vietnam War bombed by North Vietnamese aircraft. With the runway damaged the refugee evacuation by fixed wing aircraft was interrupted. Rocket attacks by North Vietnamese forces on Ton Son Nhut airport began at 0358 hours and killed marines Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge the last two U.S. servicemen killed in combat in Vietnam (although two American helicopter pilots would die offshore in an accident during the evacuation). McMahon and Judge served with the Marine Security Guard Battalion at the US Embassy, Saigon and were among the Marines providing security for evacuation of American personnel and South Vietnamese from Saigon. Offshore to assist

neg: 1973 in the Vietnam War was permitted to leave 150,000 soldiers and to retain the territory it controlled in South Vietnam. The U.S. and Vietnam also pledged to withdraw their military forces from Laos and Cambodia and cease military operations there. The cease fire was observed in some areas, but South Vietnamese troops still fought to regain control of villages captured by communist forces the day before. Lt. Colonel William B. Nolde was killed, the last American soldier to die prior to the cease fire envisioned in the Paris Peace Accords. United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announced that the draft of young American

neg: Harry Griffith Cramer Jr. Harry Griffith Cramer Jr. Captain Harry Griffith Cramer Jr. (May 24, 1926, Johnstown, Pennsylvania – October 21, 1957, near Nha Trang, South Vietnam) was an American soldier who served in Korea and Vietnam. He was the first U.S. Army soldier to be killed in the Vietnam War. A street at Fort Lewis, Washington, is named in his honor. He is buried at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. Cramer came from a military family. His grandfather Wilson Cramer had been a First Sergeant of Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War, and his father (Harry "Coach" Cramer) had

neg: Bob Kalsu Bob Kalsu James Robert Kalsu (April 13, 1945 – July 21, 1970) was an All-American tackle at the University of Oklahoma and an eighth-round selection in the 1968 NFL/AFL draft by the Buffalo Bills of the American Football League. He later joined the U.S. Army as an officer and was killed in the Vietnam War. He was the last NFL player to be killed serving as a soldier in a war until 2004, when Pat Tillman was killed in Afghanistan. Kalsu was a starting guard for the Bills in 1968. He played the entire season and was the Bills' team

neg: Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge of Saigon Marines Association, a California non-profit, public-benefit corporation, was formed to honor the last two Marines to be killed in action in Vietnam. The association sponsors two $500 scholarships for Eagle Scouts attending Marshalltown High School in Marshalltown, Iowa (as a memorial to Eagle Scout Judge). The first U.S. casualty in Vietnam was Flying Tiger John T. Donovan who was killed on May 12, 1942, but American involvement in Vietnam was not considered official at that time and as such his name does not appear on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. For over 40 years the first American serviceman who

neg: Universal Soldier (1992 film) Universal Soldier (1992 film) Universal Soldier is a 1992 American military science fiction action film directed by Roland Emmerich, produced by Allen Shapiro, Craig Baumgarten and Joel B. Michaels, and written by Richard Rothstein, Christopher Leitch and Dean Devlin. The film tells the story of Luc Deveraux, a former U.S. Army soldier who was killed in the Vietnam War in 1969, and returned to life following a secret military project called the "Universal Soldier" program. However, he finds out about his past even though his memory was erased, and escapes alongside a young TV journalist. Along the way, they have

neg: A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain Salem cigarettes from a dead American soldier he has just killed. In the pack of cigarettes is a photograph of the dead American soldiers wife. "Missing" is one of the two additional stories added in the later editions. This story is about an American soldier that stayed in Vietnam after the war and married a Vietnamese girl. The American soldier sees his face, photo, in a newspaper and its titled Missing. People believe he has gone missing. Because of this he begins to think he is missing, identity, in Vietnam. In later editions, there are two additional stories, "Salem" and

neg: Miguel Vera called for a review of Jewish American and Hispanic American veterans from World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War to ensure that no prejudice was shown to those deserving the Medal of Honor. Miguel Vera Miguel Armando "Nando" Vera (3 May 1932 – 21 September 1952) was a United States Army soldier who was killed in the Korean War and a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor. Vera was born in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico and joined the U.S. Army when he was 17 years old. After Vera was killed in action in the Korean War, his

neg: Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge Group (MAAG), Vietnam was separated out from MAAG, Indochina in a reorganization into the different countries that the deployments were stationed. With this new date Fitzgibbon became the first person to die in the Vietnam War, Fitzgibbon's name was added to the Vietnam Memorial Wall in 1999. The former first two official casualties were U.S. Army major Dale R. Buis and Master Sergeant Chester Charles Ovnand who were killed on July 8, 1959. While McMahon and Judge were the last American ground casualties in Vietnam, they are not the last casualties of the Vietnam War (a term which also covers

neg: Clark Veterans Cemetery July 4, 1984 he dedicated a memorial to the "last active USAF Cemetery outside the United States." By special agreement with the Philippine Government, the cemetery remains open for burials of American Veterans and Philippine Scouts. The VFW Post provides full military honors. There are an average of 40 burials a year, exclusively veterans, including many World War II and Vietnam era warriors. In 2004, a young soldier serving in Iraq was killed in an IED incident and is buried in the cemetery. He was the first Iraq War fatality to be interred in Clark Veterans Cemetery. There are several

neg: 1956 in the Vietnam War military advisers in South Vietnam. The first American killed in the Vietnam War died June 8 at the hand of another American soldier. In 1956 the term Viet Cong came into use and gradually replaced the older term Viet Minh. The government-controlled Saigon press first started using the term referring to communists in South Vietnam as "Viet Cong" a shortening of "Viet Nam Cong-San" which means "Vietnamese Communist." President Diem issued Ordinance Number 6 which permitted the imprisonment of communists and others "dangerous to national defense and common security." Diem's anti-communist repression reduced communist party membership in South Vietnam by

neg: Myron F. Diduryk was subsequently promoted to Major and returned to Vietnam in October 1969, as the operations officer of the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division. On April 24, 1970, his battalion commander ordered his command helicopter to land and check out a North Vietnamese soldier who had been killed by the door gunner. As Major Diduryk emerged from his helicopter, he was struck in the stomach and killed by a bullet in an attack by North Vietnamese soldiers. Diduryk is buried at Fort Benning Cemetery, Georgia. The Ukrainian American Veterans Post 30 in South River, New Jersey was named in

neg: John J. Williams (American Civil War) He is buried in the Alexandria National Cemetery in Pineville, Louisiana. His grave can be found in section B plot 797. John J. Williams (American Civil War) John Jefferson Williams (1843 – May 13, 1865) was a Union soldier and private in Company B the 34th Regiment Indiana Infantry. He was killed at the Battle of Palmito Ranch, the last land battle of the Civil War, and is generally recognized as the last soldier killed in the American Civil War. Williams was born in 1843 in Jay County, Indiana, and joined the Union Army September 1863, probably in Anderson. He

neg: John J. Williams (American Civil War) John J. Williams (American Civil War) John Jefferson Williams (1843 – May 13, 1865) was a Union soldier and private in Company B the 34th Regiment Indiana Infantry. He was killed at the Battle of Palmito Ranch, the last land battle of the Civil War, and is generally recognized as the last soldier killed in the American Civil War. Williams was born in 1843 in Jay County, Indiana, and joined the Union Army September 1863, probably in Anderson. He moved to Camp Joe Holt where his unit drilled before being put on duty in the field. His regiment spent most

neg: Travelin' Soldier and Robison's wife, Kelly Willis, appears on "KGSR's Broadcasts Vol. 13" album. Aaron Lewis also recorded a cover of the song as a duet with his daughter Zoe on his 2016 album "Sinner". The song is a tale about a shy, lonesome, young American soldier who strikes up a conversation and later a correspondence with a high school girl during the Vietnam War era. Americana details pervade the lyrics as the song details the correspondence as a relationship forms between the two, despite the insurmountable distance. The last letter from the soldier mentions that "it's gettin kinda rough over here"

neg: Magic (Bruce Springsteen album) Vietnam Veterans Against the War representative (and future senator and presidential candidate) John Kerry's 1971 testimony to the U.S. Senate, in which he asked "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?". "Gypsy Biker" concerns the homecoming of a US soldier killed in action in Iraq, and Springsteen has said that "Livin' in the Future" references extraordinary rendition and illegal wiretapping. "Long Walk Home" is a metaphorical account of the narrator's sense that, in the artist's words,

neg: Pat Tillman the very foundation of the Bush administration's propaganda pyramid. That day, however, never came. On April 22nd, 2004, Tillman was killed on patrol in Afghanistan by three American bullets to the head. On April 24, 2007, Specialist Bryan O'Neal, the last soldier known to see Pat Tillman alive, testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform that he was warned by superiors not to divulge information that a fellow soldier killed Tillman, especially to the Tillman family. Later, Pat Tillman's brother Kevin Tillman, who was also in the convoy traveling behind his brother at the time of the

neg: War in Vietnam (1959–1963) finding of Viet Cong radio transmitters, which they started doing from vehicles equipped with sensors. On December 22, 1961, an Army Security Agency soldier, SP4 James T. Davis, was killed in an ambush leading an ARVN squad on one of these direction finding missions. After Johnson became President of the United States several years later, he referred to Davis in a speech as the first American killed in Vietnam; in reality, there had been fifteen battle deaths before Davis. More U.S. personnel, officially designated as advisors, arrived in the South and took an increasingly active, although covert, role. In October,

neg: Vietnam War POW/MIA issue matter had largely faded from the American public, and McCain's actions with regard to the POW/MIA issue never were a factor in his eventually losing campaign. By the late 2000s, the remains of over 700 Americans killed in Southeast Asia had been returned and identified. The controversy continued to pop up on occasion in the second decade of the twenty-first century. The 2013 Canadian documentary "Unclaimed" told the story of an elderly man in Vietnam claiming to be a U.S. soldier thought killed in action in 1968. However, Defense Department officials said the man was an imposter with a history

neg: Scott Beach also known as the Paris Peace Accords, ended direct U.S. military involvement in the Vietnam War. Beach concluded his report about the peace agreement by stating, ""I fear that the last U.S. soldier to die in Vietnam is still alive."" He was correct; the last American death in Vietnam was not until April 29, 1975. See McMahon and Judge. Beach twice served as the narrator in performances of Arthur Honegger's "King David" with the Masterworks Chorale of San Mateo, California. He also narrated other performances of the oratorio in both the original French and the English translation used by the

neg: Tigerland Vietnam. While the film's setting is loosely based on Fort Polk, the film was actually filmed at Camp Blanding in Florida. It is September 1971 and it is clear that the US is losing the Vietnam War. In the opinion of the average American soldier who came of age during the Peace movement of the 1960s, Vietnam was "lost a long time ago". Roland Bozz (Colin Farrell), a draftee who is opposed to the war, is shown to be an unruly soldier with no respect for authority; he disobeys orders and talks back to his superiors. He quickly befriends another

neg: Armistice of 11 November 1918 town of Ville-sur-Haine just two minutes before the armistice to the north of Mons at 10:58 a.m., to be recognized as one of the last killed with a monument to his name. Henry Gunther, an American, is generally recognized as the last soldier killed in action in World War I. He was killed 60 seconds before the armistice came into force while charging astonished German troops who were aware the Armistice was nearly upon them. He had been despondent over his recent reduction in rank and was apparently trying to redeem his reputation. News of the armistice only reached African

neg: 34th Indiana Infantry Regiment during its service 2 Officers and 32 Enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, and 5 Officers and 204 Enlisted men who died of disease, for a total of 243. The last soldier killed during the American Civil War was Private John J. Williams, a member of Company B, 34th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was killed during the last land engagement of the war, the Battle of Palmito Ranch Texas, on May 13, 1865. 34th Indiana Infantry Regiment The 34th Indiana Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment, nicknamed "The Morton Rifles", was an Infantry Regiment that served in the Union Army during the

neg: 1971 in the Vietnam War Lam Son 719, most surviving South Vietnamese soldiers had crossed the border back into South Vietnam and fighting in Laos ceased. Several dozen North Vietnamese sappers infiltrated Fire Support Base Mary Ann in Quang Tin province and killed 30 American soldiers. Mary Ann was scheduled to be turned over the South Vietnamese and the U.S. forces withdrawn. Several American officers were demoted or reprimanded for "substandard performance." The jury at a military courts-martial convicted Lt. William Calley of the premeditated murder of 22 Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai massacre of 1968. Calley was the only soldier convicted for his

neg: 101st Airborne Division Firebase. After weeks of reconnaissance by the PAVN, on the morning of 1 July 1970 the PAVN launched a surprise mortar attack on the Firebase. The resulting 23-day battle between the 101st Airborne and the PAVN was the last major confrontation between United States ground forces and North Vietnam of the Vietnam War. During the 23-day siege, 75 U.S. servicemen were killed in action, including 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry commanding officer Colonel Andre Lucas, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, and 1st Lt. Bob Kalsu, one of the few American professional athletes to be killed during the war.

neg: Friendly Fire (1979 film) Friendly Fire (1979 film) Friendly Fire is an American television movie first broadcast on the ABC network on April 22, 1979. Watched that night by an estimated 64 million people, "Friendly Fire" went on to win four Emmy awards, including Outstanding Drama Special. The film was directed by David Greene. The movie tells the real-life story of Peg Mullen (played by Carol Burnett), a woman from rural Iowa who works against government obstacles to uncover the truth about the death of her son Michael, a soldier killed by American "friendly fire" in the Vietnam War in 1970. Mullen's husband Gene

neg: Battle of James Island soldiers and vastly outnumbered the Americans. Several Americans were killed, Including Captain William Wilmont who was the last continental soldier killed in the Carolinas. In addition to Wilmont, an enslaved African American, William Smith, was taken captive by the British forces and died in British captivity As the skirmish finished the remaining American troops retreated. The British would soon withdraw from the Americas marking the end of the American Revolutionary war. Battle of James Island The Battle of James Island was a minor engagement on November 14, 1782, just outside Charleston, South Carolina, between American and British forces. British troops

neg: 1962 in the Vietnam War might possible contain a few VC [Viet Cong]." The reports were given to Marine Corps general Victor Krulak, who was preparing to visit South Vietnam as part of a high-level U.S. military mission to assess progress in the war. North Vietnam infiltrated 12,850 persons into South Vietnam, mostly southern communists who had migrated to North Vietnam in 1954–1955. 53 American soldiers were killed in Vietnam during the year, compared to 16 in 1961. The South Vietnamese armed forces suffered 4,457 killed in action, 10 percent more than the total killed in the previous year. 1962 in the Vietnam War The

neg: Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial The Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was dedicated in 1987. The memorial includes the names of 648 servicemen who were killed in action or listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War from Philadelphia. The memorial is designed as an amphitheatre plaza, with the names of each soldier etched in granite on the south wall. There are also ten panels depicting scenes of the War from the beginning to the final rescue of Vietnamese refugees in 1975. Programs are held here to commemorate the lives lost during the War. The

neg: Félix Conde Falcón Hispanic American veterans from World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War to ensure that no prejudice was shown to those deserving the Medal of Honor. Conde Falcón's military decorations include the following: Félix Conde Falcón Félix Modesto Conde Falcón (February 28, 1938 – April 4, 1969) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. Born in Juncos, Puerto Rico, he joined the United States Army in April 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. He was killed during combat operations in Ap Tan Hoa, South Vietnam, on April 4, 1969. He was posthumously awarded

neg: Vietnam (miniseries) squad of US soldiers who have been brutalised by their experiences of combat. The youngest American soldier is left behind to execute her but he cannot bring himself to do it, instead he cuts off one of her ears and fires a shot into the dirt, in order to convince his comrades that he had killed the woman and taken a 'souvenir'. Outraged by the sufferings of her people, Lien joins the Viet Minh. During the Tet Offensive, her group ambushes an Australian truck, wiping out the occupants including Laurie who is left permanently disabled by his injuries. Phil, increasingly

neg: Mark Byford (Whitelaw). Now the chorus is growing that every DG needs a Mark B." Peter Preston described him as: "a news aware Deputy, a safety net, a mopper up of perilous trifles." After leaving the BBC, Byford has pursued a fresh path as a writer of non-fiction. His first book, 'A Name On A Wall: Two Men, Two Wars, Two Destinies' was published by Mainstream in 2013. It tells the contrasting stories of an American soldier, Larry Byford, killed in the Vietnam War in 1967 and his own father, Lawry Byford, who served alongside the Americans in the Second World War.

neg: Word of Honor (novel) the Battle of Hue during the Vietnam War. The book highlights an incident similar to MyLai and is based on information provided to Picard from two men in Tyson's platoon and from a nun who escaped the incident. It names Tyson as the leader of the platoon, which is shot at as it approaches a hospital, suffering one fatality and two injuries. According to the book, a doctor at the hospital refuses to help one of the American soldiers because his condition is too bad; after an American soldier shoots the doctor and others are killed in the hospital, chaos

neg: Christopher E. Crowe mixed reviews. It also won several awards including the International Reading Association's Young Adult Novel Award. In 2012 he had his first children's book published "Just As Good: How Larry Doby Changed America's Game". In 2014 his novel "Death Coming Up the Hill" was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book deals with racism and the Vietnam War, and although its form of a Haiku with a sylable for every American soldier killed in Vietnam in 1968 seems a bit forced, at least some reviewers liked it. It won the 2014 Whitney Award for Young Adult fiction. Christopher E. Crowe

neg: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington) soldier killed in the Vietnam War will be identified. The Vietnam Unknown service member was originally designated by Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Allan Jay Kellogg, Jr., during a ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, May 17, 1984. Each branch of the Armed Services took part in the transportation to honor the unknown. The Marines from Marine Barracks Hawaii consisted of an Honor Guard of 9 enlisted men and Lt. Denis Muller. The designated Vietnam Unknown was transported aboard the , where the Marines stood guard over the casket during the voyage to Naval Air Station Alameda,

neg: Street Justice Street Justice Street Justice is an American action crime drama series starring Carl Weathers and Bryan Genesse. The series began airing in syndication in 1991, and was canceled in 1993 after 2 seasons. The series revolves around U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier-turned-metropolitan police detective, Adam Beaudreaux (Weathers) (b. 1948), and Grady Jameson (Genesse), a martial arts expert. As a child, Grady saved Adam's life when he was wounded in action during the Vietnam War. Grady's parents, who were Canadian missionaries, were killed when the Viet Cong burned down their village. After the encounter, they formed a bond and were together

neg: Henry Gunther euros. In 2014, another novel, "Le Dernier Soldat", was in publishing. Henry Gunther Henry Nicholas John Gunther (June 6, 1895 – November 11, 1918) was an American soldier and the last soldier of any of the belligerents to be killed during World War I. He was killed at 10:59 a.m., one minute before the Armistice was to take effect at 11 a.m. Gunther had recently been demoted, and was seeking to regain his rank just before the war ended. Henry Gunther was born into a German-American family in east Baltimore, Maryland, on June 6, 1895. His parents, George Gunther (1869-1919)

neg: I Am an American Soldier insurgents. It is about a specialist who shoots up a car full of people who later turn out to be civilians. It is about mothers and young wives, gathered at a military funeral for the soldiers killed in action in Iraq, mourning their lost sons and husbands. This is their story, narrated by the soldiers and their families. It provides the most revealing, in-depth look inside the U.S. Army at war ever produced on film. Between them, Laurence, Green and Thompson have covered more than thirty wars since Vietnam in 1965, and have won every major award in broadcast journalism

neg: Henry Gunther Henry Gunther Henry Nicholas John Gunther (June 6, 1895 – November 11, 1918) was an American soldier and the last soldier of any of the belligerents to be killed during World War I. He was killed at 10:59 a.m., one minute before the Armistice was to take effect at 11 a.m. Gunther had recently been demoted, and was seeking to regain his rank just before the war ended. Henry Gunther was born into a German-American family in east Baltimore, Maryland, on June 6, 1895. His parents, George Gunther (1869-1919) and Lina Roth (1866-1938), were both children of German immigrants. He

neg: Nigger knew someone personally who referred to blacks by the term. Nearly one-third of whites and two-thirds of blacks said that they themselves had personally used the term in the last five years. In explaining his refusal to be conscripted to fight the Vietnam War (1965–75), professional boxer Muhammad Ali said, "No Vietcong [Vietnamese soldier] ever called me nigger"; later, his modified answer was the title "No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger" (1968) of a documentary about the front-line lot of the U.S. Army Black soldier in combat in Vietnam. An Ali biographer reports that, when interviewed by Robert Lipsyte in

neg: John Hulme (author) basketball game between Hulme's Highland Park High School and their rivals at New Brunswick High School. He also directed a documentary film, "Unknown Soldier: Searching For A Father", about his father, who was killed in the Vietnam War and never met his son. John Hulme (author) John Hulme (born 1969) is an American children's writer and film director, co-author of "The Seems" fantasy book series with Michael Wexler. Books in this series are held in over 800 libraries, according to WorldCat. He and Wexler edited an anthology of short stories, "Voices of the Xiled", and created a National Public Radio

neg: Murder of Lê Hoàng Hùng recanted and admitted guilt. The last journalist to have been killed in Vietnam for his journalism was Duong Hung Cuong in 1988. When the Committee to Protect Journalists listed Hung as a "motive confirmed" case after his death, this would have made Hung the first journalist who would have been killed as a result of reporting in Vietnam in 23 years, except it was learned later that he was killed by his wife for a non-reporting motive. Lê Hoàng Hung was burned in his bed and taken to the Long An General Hospital in southern Long An, Vietnam. Hung suffered

neg: Rembrandt C. Robinson Rembrandt C. Robinson Rembrandt Cecil Robinson (October 2, 1924May 8, 1972) was a United States Navy officer who was stationed in the Tonkin Gulf during the Vietnam War. Robinson died in 1972, in a helicopter crash; he was the only Navy flag officer killed during the Vietnam War. His remains were cremated and the ashes were spread at sea from off San Diego, California. Admiral Robinson has a memorial cross in Arlington National Cemetery. Robinson was the last American flag officer to die as a result of official duty in a combat zone until Lieutenant General Timothy J. Maude was

neg: Bruno Hochmuth Bruno Hochmuth Bruno Arthur Hochmuth (May 10, 1911 – November 14, 1967) was a United States Marine Corps major general who was killed in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He was the first and only Marine Corps division commander to be killed in any war. He was also the first American general officer to be killed in Vietnam, although U.S. Air Force Major General William Crumm had been killed on July 24, 1967 in a B-52 bomber collision over the South China Sea. Hochmuth, four other Marines, and a South Vietnamese Army aide were killed when a UH-1E Huey

neg: Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story drums, bass, and a light, wailing female vocal sample. Jedi Mind Tricks vocalist Vinnie Paz provides the opening verse, a first-person narrative telling the story of a young, scared and confused United States soldier stationed in Gia Định, who, after seeing the carnage of battle and the corruption of the Army, begins to question the real motives behind the Vietnam War. R.A. the Rugged Man's verse recounts the war experience of his father, highly decorated war hero Staff Sgt. John A. Thorburn, who was nearly killed in a crash near Cambodia after his helicopter's pilot was hit. He reaches a

neg: Bernard B. Fall his belief that communism would prevail in South Vietnam in about a decade's time. Fall was a political scientist, but one who had been a soldier and who spoke the soldier's language and lived the soldier's life at the front line. He obtained his data on the war while slogging through the mud of Vietnam with French colonial troops, with American infantry, and with South Vietnamese soldiers. He combined the usual academic analysis of Indochina with a perspective of the war from the soldier's point of view. Fall supported the American military presence in South Vietnam, believing it could stop

neg: Unclaimed Vietnam War, Tom Faunce, had been on a humanitarian mission in southeast Asia in 2008 when he learned about John Hartley Robertson, a fellow soldier who was reported killed in action in the war, still alive in Vietnam. Faunce was skeptical when meeting Robertson but was eventually convinced of his identity. Faunce then contacted Jorgensen in 2012 to appeal to him to make a documentary as a way to help Robertson reunite with his family. Jorgensen was also skeptical but became convinced to make the documentary about Robertson. The filmmaker said he experienced difficulty with the U.S. military in making

neg: Love and Honor (2013 film) Love and Honor (2013 film) Love and Honor is a 2013 romantic drama film directed by Danny Mooney. It is Mooney's feature-film directorial debut. The film, based on a true story of a Michigan soldier, takes place during the Vietnam War and is set in Ann Arbor and surrounding areas. The story follows a soldier who, after being dumped by his girlfriend, decides to return home secretly from war with his best friend to win her back. In 1969, at the time of the Apollo 11 mission, American soldier Dalton Joiner, fighting in the Vietnam War, uses his time of

neg: Kamakura (G.I. Joe) appeared during this series as a ninja. Instead, his youth was explored through his ties to Snake Eyes and his Vietnam buddy Wade Collins being involved in the Fred Series. Sean Collins was originally Sean Broca, the son of a Fred Series Crimson Guard. All of the Fred Series look alike and when he was killed in combat with G.I. Joe, Fred was later replaced by Fred II. This person was later revealed to be Wade Collins. In the last issue of the Marvel series, Sean writes Snake Eyes a letter to get his opinion on being a soldier, as

neg: Vietnam Combat Artists Program comprehensive. Styles and media used were as diverse as the artists themselves, some chose detailed literal images while others preferred expressive almost abstract explosions striving to replicate the horrors of war". During the Vietnam War the army art program also used civilian artists. While the last team of soldier artists in Vietnam was Soldier Art Team 9 (CAT IX) the Army's interest in using artists to depict army activities continued. The 1991 book "Portrait of an Army", published by U. S. Army Center of Military History and edited by General Gordon R. Sullivan and Marylou Gjernes, states "Following the Vietnam

neg: Spider Bones Spider Bones Spider Bones is the thirteenth novel by Kathy Reichs starring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. It was released under the title "Mortal Remains" in Australia and the United Kingdom. Brennan is called to examine a newly-dead body in Quebec, which turns out to be that of John "Spider" Lowery, an American ex-soldier apparently killed in Vietnam in 1968. After exhuming the remains buried under Lowery's name, she travels to Hawaii to check the US military records, along with her grieving daughter Katy (whose friend has been killed in Afghanistan), where they are joined by sometime lover Detective Andrew Ryan

neg: Vietnam Rose Vietcong, fights out the invading forces, she discovers that her mother has betrayed them by having an affair with a Filipino soldier. Later on, this illicit affair comes back to haunt Yểu’s family, as her father is accidentally killed by the Filipino soldier. In the succeeding moments, Yểu is washed away to a foreign land – the Philippines – where she starts and builds a new life as a Filipino with a Vietnamese heart. Years pass and little Yểu has grown into Carina Mojica dela Cerna, a successful businesswoman who is married to man who belongs to one of the

neg: Hispanics in the United States Marine Corps the largest American deployment since the Vietnam War. On January 22, 1991, Captain Manuel Rivera, Jr. (1959–1991), a Marine aviator, became the first Hispanic soldier to be killed in Operation Desert Shield. Rivera was killed during a support mission over the Persian Gulf when his AV-8B Harrier smashed into the Omani coastline while approaching the deck of the amphibious assault ship for a landing. Major Michael J. Aguilar, an experienced UH-1E "Huey" and AH-1 "Super Cobra" attack helicopter pilot, volunteered to fly combat missions in the desert upon Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. He immediately joined Marine Aircraft Group 70, the

neg: Universal Soldier (franchise) and Andrew Scott (Lundgren), who are killed during the Vietnam War and reanimated in the 1990s as highly advanced Universal Soldiers. After "Universal Soldier" was released, Carolco, the production company that backed the film, went bankrupt and sold the rights of the series to Skyvision Entertainment, located in Toronto, in 1995. As a result, two TV films were released direct-to-video starring Matt Battaglia as Luc Deveraux and Chandra West as Veronica Roberts in "" and "". The films were produced for Showtime / The Movie Channel as a miniseries meant as a backdoor pilot for a series. In 1999, Van

neg: Lasdon Park and Arboretum of Honor, 12 stone cairns that display the busts of combat soldiers from the American Revolution through Operation Desert Storm; the Korean Wear Memorial; and the Westchester Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a sculpture of three seven-foot bronze statures that depict a soldier carrying a wounded comrade, with a nurse reaching out to assist them. Nearby, a flagpole is set on a base with inscriptions of Westchester County servicemen and eight women nurses killed in Vietnam. LASDON PARK IN THE MOVIES: In the 1987 movie "The Secret of My Success" with Michael J. Fox, the entrance to Lasdon Park and driveway are

neg: America in Vietnam context of the 2004 US Presidential Election. Presidential hopeful John Kerry had been involved with the Winter Soldier Investigation; in the context of the campaign, Lewy's suggestion that the Winter Soldier Investigation was dishonest and politically motivated was frequently cited to impugn John Kerry's reputation. Vietnam Veterans Against the War, the group of which Kerry had been a part, alleged that American troops had committed atrocities in Vietnam. Lewy suggests that the group used "fake witnesses" in the Winter Soldier hearing in Detroit, and that its allegations were formally investigated: The results of the investigation, carried out by the Naval

neg: Women in the United States Army nurses were awarded the Soldier’s Medal for heroism in Vietnam; one was African-American 1LT Diane Lindsay. She was cited for restraining a Vietnamese soldier patient, who had pulled a pin from a live grenade at the 95th Evacuation Hospital in Vietnam. 1LT Lindsay helped convince the soldier to relinquish a second grenade, avoiding additional casualties. "Frontiero v. Richardson", , was a landmark Supreme Court case which decided that benefits given by the military to the family of service members cannot be given out differently because of sex. West Point admitted its first 119 female cadets in 1976, after Congress authorized

neg: Hooch maid described the maids as being "...good Catholics who might flirt with you but would never date an American soldier." Nonetheless, some maids reportedly had sex with soldiers to earn extra income. Hooch maid A hooch maid was a South Vietnamese woman employed to clean the shelters and keep house for American servicemen during the Vietnam War. American soldiers in South Vietnam sometimes called the dwellings of Vietnamese civilians "hooches". Thus, the Vietnamese civilian women who maintained the dwellings were called "hooch maids". These women typically worked six days a week, cleaning and maintaining the rooms and belongings of the soldiers.

neg: 1972 in the Vietnam War December if Hanoi agreed to a 3 January meeting in Paris. Opposition to the Christmas bombing was extensive among American politicians. In the Senate 45 Senators responding to a poll opposed the bombing as compared to 19 who supported it. After a Christmas truce, the U.S. conducted the largest B-52 raid of the war utilizing 120 B-52s. The U.S. lost 2 airplanes. 215 civilians were killed by bombs dropped on a heavily populated area of Hanoi. North Vietnam proposed a resumption of peace talks on January 8. The last bombs of Operation Linebacker II fell near Hanoi, although the U.S.

neg: New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial is an open-air circular pavilion, in diameter. Around the entire outside are 366 black granite panels, each one representing a day the year. The casualties are listed according to what day they were killed. In the middle of the circular pavilion is a red oak, the state tree of New Jersey. This tree provides shade for three statues, one of a dying soldier, one of a nurse tending to his wounds, and one soldier standing at their sides. They represent those who died, the women in the war, and those who came back safely, respectively. They also represent multiple nationalities

neg: Last Flag Flying Last Flag Flying Last Flag Flying is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Linklater with a screenplay by Linklater and Darryl Ponicsan, based upon the latter's 2005 novel of the same name. It stars Steve Carell, Bryan Cranston, and Laurence Fishburne as three Vietnam War veterans who reunite after one of their sons is killed in the Iraq War. Ponicsan's novel "Last Flag Flying" is a sequel to his 1970 novel "The Last Detail", which covered the same characters earlier in their lives. For that reason, "Last Flag Flying" has been described as an unofficial sequel to the

neg: United States Army Security Agency covertly designated as Radio Research, ASA personnel of the 3rd Radio Research Unit were among the earliest U.S. military personnel in Vietnam; 3rd later grew to become the 509th Radio Research Group. The first ASA soldier to be a battlefield fatality of the Vietnam War was Specialist 4 James T. Davis (from Livingston, Tennessee) who was killed on 22 December 1961, on a road near the old French Garrison of Cau Xang. He had been assigned to the 3rd Radio Research Unit at Tan Son Nhut Airport near Saigon, along with 92 other members of his unit. Davis Station, at

neg: Jamie Foyers of Belchite, and is killed at Gandesa (it is not clear if this is at the first or second battles, the International Brigade played an important role in both). MacColl adapted it from a traditional Scottish song about a soldier who fought in the Peninsular War, only retaining the first verse. By some accounts, Jamie Foyers was an actual person who was killed at Burgos in 1812, but by other accounts it was originally a generic Perthshire term for a soldier. There is a last verse in some recordings of the song that does not appear in the version in

neg: Yasser Salihee up warning cones or protective wire. After the shooting, American soldiers left Salihee in his car and left the area. Robertson was also able to interview the sniper who killed Salihee by embedding with his unit. The soldier had originally trained as a member of the special forces, becoming a sniper for the U.S. Army Rangers. Leaving the army, he rejoined the National Guard after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attack. According to the soldier, the intersection where Salihee was killed was a dangerous one for American soldiers, where one had been killed or wounded only the day before Salihee's

neg: 1961 in the Vietnam War ambushed by the Viet Cong while on patrol. U.S. military personnel in South Vietnam numbered 3,205 compared to 900 at the end of 1960. Sixteen American soldiers were killed in Vietnam in 1961 compared to nine in the previous five years. South Vietnamese military forces numbered almost 180,000 and police, militia, and paramilitary numbered 159,000. The South Vietnamese armed forces suffered 4,004 killed in action, nearly double the total killed in the previous year. During 1961, North Vietnam infiltrated 6,300 persons, mostly southern communists who had migrated to North Vietnam in 1954-1955, and 317 tons of arms and equipment into

neg: 82nd Airborne Division the Department of the Army, wishing to retain its "sole readily deployable strategic reserve, the last real vestige of actual Army divisional combat potency in the United States left to the Pentagon," compromised by sending the 3d Brigade. As Stanton wrote: The division had been so rushed to get this brigade to the battlefront that it ignored individual deployment criteria. Paratroopers who had just returned from Vietnam now found themselves suddenly going back. The howl of soldier complaints was so vehement that the Department of the Army was soon forced to give each trooper who had deployed to Vietnam with

neg: Del City, Oklahoma & Western Museum, Del City Preservation & Historical Society, and War Memorial. The Oklahoma Country Western Music Hall of Fame hosts regular bluegrass and country events. The War Memorial located opposite the Del City Community Center hass several monuments dedicated to those who were killed in combat who were ether born or lived in Del City. The memorial is dedicated to twenty one servicemen killed while serving in various branches of the U.S. Military during World War II, the Vietnam War and the Iraq War. Dedicated in November 2010, the memorials include an armored personnel carrier and a Fallen Soldier

neg: Armistice of 11 November 1918 Frenchman to die when he was shot on his way to tell fellow soldiers, who were attempting an assault across the Meuse river, that hot soup would be served after the ceasefire. He was killed at 10:45 a.m. Earlier, the last soldier from the UK to die, George Edwin Ellison of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers, was killed that morning at around 9:30 a.m. while scouting on the outskirts of Mons, Belgium. The final Canadian, and Commonwealth, soldier to die, Private George Lawrence Price, was shot and killed by a sniper while part of a force advancing into the Belgian

neg: Battle of Sugar Point from the Pillagers became less frequent after this point; however, some would take occasional shots throughout the rest of the day. That evening, an Indian policeman was killed by a soldier who mistook him for one of the Pillagers and, the following morning, a soldier was killed while trying to dig out some potatoes from a garden patch. He was the last official casualty of the battle. The Pillagers finally dispersed early the next day and the soldiers headed back to Walker. Six soldiers, including Major Wilkinson, had been killed and ten others wounded. None of the civilians had been

neg: The Christmas Card whose father was killed during the Vietnam War, is deeply affected when the soldier who gave him the card is killed. A few weeks before Christmas, Cody travels to see the soldier's widow, back in Nevada City. Just as he is about to leave town, Cody runs into Faith at a local luncheonette, where they happened to have placed identical orders. They part, but on his way out of town, Cody saves Faith's father, Luke (Ed Asner), from being hit by a speeding car. Luke takes a liking to Cody and convinces him to stay on as temporary help at

neg: The Last Girl (memoir) Murad was compromised in Mosul. Murad reunited with some of her family's members, and was waiting to learn about the rest. Her mother had been killed in Solagh, and Nadia's niece Kathrine, who had previously been turned in six times when she tried to escape, was killed in an explosive device blast which also injured Lamiya Aji Bashar. Six of Murad's brothers had been killed, and a nephew of hers had become an ISIS soldier. Murad's attorney, Amal Clooney, a Lebanese-British barrister, wrote the foreword to "The Last Girl". "The Last Girl" was simultaneously released in the UK, Germany and

neg: Winter Soldier (film) Winter Soldier (film) Winter Soldier is a 1972 documentary film chronicling the Winter Soldier Investigation which took place in Detroit, Michigan, from January 31 to February 2, 1971. The film documents the accounts of American soldiers who returned from the War in Vietnam, and participated in this war crimes hearing. The many documentary filmmakers in the Winterfilm Collective (listed as Winterfilm, Inc. in the credits to the film Winter Soldier) consisted of: Rusty Sachs, Barbara Kopple, Fred Aranow, Nancy Baker, Joe Bangert, Rhetta Barron, Robert Fiore, David Gillis, David Grubin, Jeff Holstein, Barbara Jarvis, Al Kaupas, Mark Lenix, Michael Lesser,

neg: Thailand in the Vietnam War of the war, almost 50,000 American military personnel were stationed in Thailand, mainly airmen. In October 1967 the Royal Thai Volunteer Regiment (Queen's Cobras) was sent to Camp Bearcat at Bien Hoa, to fight alongside the Americans, Australians, New Zealanders and South Vietnamese. In 1968 the Cobras were replaced by the Royal Thai Army Expeditionary Division ("Black Panthers"). About 40,000 Thai military would serve in South Vietnam, with 351 killed in action and 1,358 wounded. The last Thai ground forces were withdrawn from South Vietnam on 5 February, 1972. Thailand in the Vietnam War The Kingdom of Thailand, under the

neg: Coalition casualties in Afghanistan civilian staff member was killed in 2014 in Kabul. A total of 25 Dutch servicemen were killed in Afghanistan. The first two Dutch fatalities were soldiers killed in an accidental helicopter crash in 2006. Since then, one pilot died in a non-hostile F-16 crash, and one soldier committed suicide at Kamp Holland. In 2007, one soldier was accidentally killed when a Patria armoured vehicle overturned at a river crossing near Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan. After that 19 soldiers were killed in action between 2007 and 2010. Finally, the last soldier to die was from an illness a month before the

neg: The Marriage of Maria Braun installment of Fassbinder's BRD Trilogy, followed by "Lola" and "Veronika Voss". The film starts in Germany in 1943. During an Allied bombing raid Maria (Hanna Schygulla) marries the soldier Hermann Braun (Klaus Löwitsch). After "half a day and a whole night" together, Hermann returns to the front. Postwar, Maria is told that Hermann has been killed. Maria starts work as a hostess in a bar frequented by American soldiers. She has a relationship with an African-American soldier Bill (George Byrd), who supports her and gives her nylon stockings and cigarettes. She becomes pregnant by Bill. Hermann, who was not killed,

neg: 1959 in the Vietnam War of 150,000 soldiers to repel an invasion from North Vietnam. MAAG had not yet provided any training to the para-military Self-Defense Corps (numbering 43,000) or the Civil Guard (numbering 53,000) which were responsible for most aspects of security in rural areas. In the last four months of 1959, the Viet Cong assassinated 110 local government leaders, mostly in rural areas. Between 1956 and the end of 1959, four American soldiers were killed in Vietnam. U.S. military personnel in South Vietnam numbered 760. South Vietnamese armed forces numbered 243,000, including the Civil Guard and Self-Defense Corps. 1959 in the Vietnam War

neg: The New Soldier Vietnam War battlefield chaplain, a United Methodist clergyman, were not included in the volume. That sermonette has not been lost to American history (see link below). The book contains excerpts of testimony by veterans at the Winter Soldier Investigation on war crimes committed during the Vietnam War and a portion of the Fulbright Hearing testimony given by John Kerry to the Senate committee. "The New Soldier" documents a most unusual event in American history: returned veterans of a foreign war appearing en masse in the nation's capital to demand that the war be stopped. Only 5000 copies of the book

neg: War in Vietnam (1945–46) last two British/Indian battalions in Vietnam. Only a single company of the 2/8 Punjab remained to guard the Allied Control Mission in Saigon, and on May 15 it left, the mission having been disbanded a day earlier as the French became responsible for getting the remaining Japanese home. The last British troops to die in Vietnam were six soldiers killed in an ambush in June 1946. For Britain's involvement in the First Vietnam War, the officially stated casualty list was 40 British and Indian soldiers killed and French and Japanese casualties a little higher. An estimated 2,700 Viet Minh were

neg: Hank Cramer Hank Cramer Hank Cramer (born 1953) is an American folk singer from the Pacific Northwest. He was born an "Army Brat" at Fort Bragg, North Carolina where is father was one of the Army's original "Green Berets". Hank's father, Captain Harry G. Cramer, was killed in Vietnam on October 21, 1957, the first Special Forces soldier to die in that conflict. Hank Cramer began singing professionally during his college days at the University of Arizona (1972-1976). After graduation he was commissioned as an officer in the United States Army, serving 14 years in the Regulars and 14 years in the

neg: Army of the Republic of Vietnam saw the poverty of a former soldier described the ARVN as "that wretched army that was damned by the victors, abandoned by its allies, and royally and continuously screwed by its commanders". Army of the Republic of Vietnam The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ), also known as the South Vietnamese army (SVA), were the ground forces of the South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 until the Fall of Saigon in 1975. It is estimated to have suffered 1,394,000 casualties (killed and wounded) during the Vietnam War.<ref name="Casualties - US vs NVA/VC">Casualties – US vs NVA/VC</ref>

neg: William Tate (soldier) his family had been killed by pro-British Native Americans in the American War of Independence, and he advocated Irish republicanism. Many historians, following E. H. Stuart Jones, the author of "The Last Invasion of Britain" (1950), have suggested that William Tate was about 70 years old in 1797; he was in fact 44. William Tate (soldier) "Chef de brigade" (colonel) William Tate was the Irish-American commander of a French military force known as "La Légion Noire" ("The Black Legion") which invaded Britain in 1797, resulting in the Battle of Fishguard. The 1,200 to 1,400-strong "Légion Noire" landed at Carregwastad Point,

neg: Félix Conde Falcón Félix Conde Falcón Félix Modesto Conde Falcón (February 28, 1938 – April 4, 1969) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. Born in Juncos, Puerto Rico, he joined the United States Army in April 1963 in Chicago, Illinois. He was killed during combat operations in Ap Tan Hoa, South Vietnam, on April 4, 1969. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in a March 18, 2014 ceremony in the White House. The award comes through the Defense Authorization Act which called for a review of Jewish American and

neg: Vietnam Veterans Against the War events gained much greater media publicity and Vietnam veterans participation than earlier events. Led by Gold Star Mothers (mothers of soldiers killed in war), more than 1,100 veterans marched across the Lincoln Memorial Bridge to the Arlington Cemetery gate, just beneath the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Reverend Jackson H. Day, who had a few days earlier resigned his military chaplainship, conducted a memorial service for their fellows. He said: The gate to the cemetery had been closed and locked upon word of their impending arrival; the Gold Star mothers placed the wreaths outside the gate and departed. The march

neg: Mark Byford Games as Chair of the London 2012 Steering Group. On 12 October 2010 it was announced that Byford had accepted voluntary redundancy. He stood down from the Executive Board in March 2011 and left the Corporation in June 2011. After leaving the BBC, Byford became a writer as well as focusing on voluntary and charitable work. His first book, 'A Name on a Wall', about an American soldier killed in the Vietnam War, was published by Mainstream in November 2013. His second book, 'The Annunciation: A Pilgrim's Quest', a personal search to understand the meaning of Luke's Gospel story, was

neg: Lauri Törni Lauri Törni Lauri Allan Törni (28 May 1919 – 18 October 1965), later known as Larry Thorne, was a Finnish–American soldier who fought under three flags: Finnish, and later German when he fought the Soviets in World War II, and American (where he was known as Larry Thorne) when he served in US Army Special Forces in the Vietnam War. Törni died in a helicopter crash during the Vietnam War. Christened Lauri Allan Törni, he was born in Viipuri, Viipuri Province, Finland, to ship captain Jalmari (Ilmari) Törni, and his wife, Rosa (née Kosonen). He had two sisters: Salme Kyllikki

neg: Richard B. Fitzgibbon Jr. Although not the first American to be killed in Vietnam, Fitzgibbon is chronologically the first casualty on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. Lieutenant Colonel Albert Peter Dewey was mistakenly shot during an ambush by Viet Minh troops on September 26, 1945. He was the first known American fatality in Vietnam, killed in the early aftermath of World War II. Fitzgibbon's son, Marine Lance Corporal Richard B. Fitzgibbon III (March 11, 1944 – September 7, 1965), was also killed in the Vietnam War. Both father and son are interred at Blue Hill Cemetery in Braintree, Massachusetts. He is survived by his

neg: Lawrence Joel Lawrence Joel Lawrence Joel (February 22, 1928 – February 4, 1984) was a United States Army soldier who served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. While serving in South Vietnam as a medic with the rank of specialist five assigned to 1st Battalion of the 503rd Infantry Regiment in the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Joel received the Silver Star and the Medal of Honor for his heroism in a battle with the Viet Cong that occurred on November 8, 1965. He was the first medic to earn the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War and the first living black American

neg: Luther C. Ladd Luther C. Ladd Luther Crawford Ladd (22 December 1843 – 19 April 1861) was a soldier in the Union Army who was killed during the Baltimore riot of 1861. He is often referred to as the first Union soldier killed in action during the American Civil War. Four days earlier, Private Daniel Hough became the first non-combat casualty of the war when he was accidentally killed by a cannon that went off prematurely during a salute to the flag. Luther Crawford Ladd was 17 years old at the time of his death. Luther C. Ladd was born in Bristol, New

neg: Battle of Al Kut (2003) and support vehicles. On the ground, American soldiers were briefly pinned down by gunfire from an Iraqi bunker, where numerous Iraqi infantry had gathered. The gunfire was answered by numerous tank rounds and heavy machine gun fire, and after four hours the bunker's defenders had been killed, injured, or captured. One US soldier, Corporal Mark Evnin, was killed during the battle when he was mortally wounded by enemy machine gun fire. In a last attempt to drive off the attackers, Iraqi soldiers attempted to charge the American tanks with small arms and machine guns, but were cut down by American

neg: Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder people. The film was shot in the Philippines. It was criticized for sentimentality, but overall received good critical reviews. Nevertheless, it was a commercial failure. This has been blamed on its relatively poor production values and it having a reportedly complicated, rather than simply positive or negative, view of the war. The story centers around Brian Anderson (played by actor Dennis Christopher), a U.S. Army Soldier serving in South Vietnam, who is only out for his own neck, who ends up drawn into taking care of orphans in a nearby orphanage, keeping a promise to a friend who was killed

neg: Troy, Alabama was killed. The lone soldier killed in the Skirmish at Hobdy's Bridge was identified as Corporal John W. Skinner of Company C, 1st Florida U.S. Cavalry. He was killed in action six days after Private John J. Williams of the 34th Indiana, who died at Battle of Palmito Ranch and is generally said to have been the last man killed in the Civil War. That sad distinction actually belongs to Corporal Skinner, who died on the wooden planks of Hobdy's Bridge in Alabama. During the Reconstruction Era after the end of the Civil War, Troy began to see new railroads

neg: Blind Fury Blind Fury Blind Fury is a 1989 American samurai action comedy film written by Charles Robert Carner (of "Gymkata" fame) and directed by Phillip Noyce. It is a loosely based, modernized remake of "Zatoichi Challenged", the 17th film in the Japanese "Zatoichi" film series. The film stars Rutger Hauer as Nick Parker, a blind, sword-wielding Vietnam War veteran, who returns to the United States and befriends the son of an old friend. Parker decides to help the boy find his father, who has been kidnapped by a major crime syndicate. While serving in Vietnam, American soldier Nick Parker (Rutger Hauer)

neg: Blazing Combat pre-traitorous victory at the Battle of Saratoga (issue #2, Jan. 1966), while "Foragers" (issue #3, April 1966) focused on a fictitious soldier in General William T. Sherman's devastating March to the Sea during the American Civil War. "Holding Action" (issue #2), set on the last day of the Korean War, ended with a gung-ho young soldier, unwilling to quit, being escorted over his protests into a medical vehicle. The final panel leaves ambiguous whether the trauma will be temporary or lasting. The most controversial stories were set during the contemporary Vietnam War, particularly "Landscape" (issue #2), which follows the thoughts

neg: Canada and the Vietnam War soldiers. Other Canadians who gave their lives and were recognized in the story include: In Windsor, Ontario, there is a privately funded monument to the Canadians killed in the Vietnam War. In Melocheville, Quebec, there is a monument dating from October 1989 funded by the Association Québécoise des Vétérans du Vietnam. American draft dodgers and military deserters who sought refuge in Canada during the Vietnam War would ignite controversy among those seeking to immigrate to Canada, some of it provoked by the Canadian government's initial refusal to admit those who could not prove that they had been discharged from [American]

neg: Tribes (film) Tribes (film) Tribes, also known as The Soldier Who Declared Peace (UK), is a 1970 American television drama film broadcast as an "ABC Movie of the Week" directed by Joseph Sargent. A big ratings success when it first aired November 10, 1970 (which happened to be the Marine Corps' 195th birthday), "Tribes" was later released theatrically in Britain and Europe under the title "The Soldier Who Declared Peace". "Tribes" has been released on VHS, but, has not been released on DVD. Private Adrian, a young United States Marine Corps Vietnam war era draftee who, despite being an anti-war hippie, reluctantly

neg: My Son (song) My Son (song) "My Son" is a single by American country music artist Jan Howard. Released in November 1968, the song reached #15 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart. The single was later released on Howard's 1969 self-titled album. The song was also written by Howard. The song additionally peaked at #28 on the Canadian "RPM" Country Tracks chart, her first single to chart in Canada. "My Son" was originally a letter Howard wrote to her son when he was a soldier during the Vietnam War. Three weeks after the single was issued, her son was killed in battle.

neg: My Son (song) My Son (song) "My Son" is a single by American country music artist Jan Howard. Released in November 1968, the song reached #15 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart. The single was later released on Howard's 1969 self-titled album. The song was also written by Howard. The song additionally peaked at #28 on the Canadian "RPM" Country Tracks chart, her first single to chart in Canada. "My Son" was originally a letter Howard wrote to her son when he was a soldier during the Vietnam War. Three weeks after the single was issued, her son was killed in battle.

neg: Olivier (comics) worked to become the head of the Costa crime family. He used occultism and magic rituals to discover the existence of Frank Castle, an American soldier in the Vietnam War. Olivier decided to use Castle as his instrument for revenge. When Castle returned to the United States, Olivier ordered his assassins to murder a mob banker in Central Park, knowing that Castle's wife and children would be caught in the crossfire and killed; what appeared to be a random act of violence was in fact deliberately planned. Their murders were the motivations for Castle to become the Punisher, whose victims

neg: Clearing murder Clearing murder A Clearing murder was a revenge killing of a known and popular Dane in the last part of the German occupation of Denmark during World War II. When a German or Danish soldier or informant was killed by the Danish resistance movement, the Peter group performed one or more clearing murder. Hitler, at some time in the latter half of 1944, ordered that 10 civilians be killed each time a German soldier was killed by civilians. In Denmark, this was modified so that only one civilian was shot for one German soldier. The first clearing murder was of

neg: Vietnam War were 543,000 American military personnel in Vietnam, but only 80,000 were considered combat troops." Conscription in the United States had been controlled by the president since World War II, but ended in 1973. As of 2013, the U.S. government is paying Vietnam veterans and their families or survivors more than $22 billion a year in war-related claims. By war's end, 58,220 American soldiers had been killed, more than 150,000 had been wounded, and at least 21,000 had been permanently disabled. The average age of the U.S. troops killed in Vietnam was 23.11 years. According to Dale Kueter, "Of those killed