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Operation Popeye / Sober Popeye (Project Controlled Weather Popeye / Motorpool / Intermediary-Compatriot) was a military cloud-seeding project carried out by the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War in 1967–1972.
Joe Dzurinda, a 1969-1970 veteran of the Vietnam War and member of the Grafton VFW post, said, "It brings back a lot of memories" from visiting the wall in Washington D.C. and looking up the names ...
During the Vietnam War, the use of the helicopter, known as "Air Mobile", was an essential tool for conducting the war. In fact, the whole conduct and strategy of the war depended on it. Vietnam was the first time the helicopter was used on a major scale, and in such important roles.
Various names have been applied and have shifted over time, though Vietnam War is the most commonly used title in English. It has been called the Second Indochina War since it spread to Laos and Cambodia, [63] the Vietnam Conflict, [64] [65] and Nam (colloquially 'Nam). In Vietnam it is commonly known as Kháng chiến chống Mỹ (lit.
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Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War: Documents and Essays. McNeill, Ian (1993). To Long Tan: The Australian Army and the Vietnam War 1950–1966. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-86373-282-6. Miller, Edward (2013). Misalliance: Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and the Fate of South Vietnam. Harvard University Press.
Three Vietnam War veterans talk about their war experiences, what they felt when they returned from service, and the decades it took to be recognized. Finally: Vietnam veterans receive honor ...
Qui Nhơn, South Vietnam's third largest city, 180 kilometres (110 miles) south of Da Nang, was captured by the PAVN. More than one-half of the land area of South Vietnam was now under the control of the PAVN. [4]: 380–1 [10]: 344 Nha Trang was the next objective of the PAVN. General Phú departed Nha Trang secretly by helicopter.