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Russians, sex tourism and now 5,000 US sailors: What to know about Pattaya as USS Abraham Lincoln finally docks

The Vietnam War launched the resort's sex tourism

The Independent UK · Sep 2

In 1982, Larry Walters floated in the sky for 45 minutes in his lawn chair tied to 42 balloons; 11 years later, he shot himself to death

The Internet still can't believe that a Los Angeles man in 1982 tied a few balloons to a lawn chair and flew in the sky for 45 minutes. Larry Walters became a myth in this century, while his adventure remains a lore that's quite unbeaten. Larry had dreamed of flying…

The Times of India · Aug 24

'Hell Let Loose: Vietnam' Essential Guide: Release Date, System Requirements, and More

Here's a handy guide for everything you need to know about Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, which is set to release on August 13, 2026.

Player One · Aug 8

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Trump, who famously got out of the draft for bone spurs, shares image of himself as a general

The president famously avoided being drafted into the Vietnam War, receiving five deferrals, including one for bone spurs in his heels

The Independent UK · Aug 5

In the late '60s and early '70s, the US military tried something it hasn't repeated since; Operation Popeye - what was it?

Can you weaponize the weather? The U.S. military actually tried. During the Vietnam War, a top-secret mission named Operation Popeye used cloud seeding over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Planes dropped silver iodide to trigger relentless monsoons and drown enemy supply lines in mud. Here is how weather modification became…

The Economic Times · Jul 24

Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway Signs to Be Moved After Vietnam Veterans Object to Shared Memorial

Signs honoring conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a Tennessee highway will be relocated after Vietnam veterans objected to placing the memorial along a roadway that has long been dedicated to local service members killed in the Vietnam War.

Latin Times · Jul 24

"I was screaming inside, very intense, but not saying a word." The defiant story of Creedence Clearwater Revival's most understood song

Fortunate Son was a burning commentary on class and elitism, delivered against the sulphurous backdrop of the Vietnam War

Louder · Jul 14

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"It’s about a beautiful moment between a man and a woman. It’s about peace." How Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's vision of domestic bliss emerged when the USA was imploding under the stress of the Vietnam War

This single from their album Déjà Vu was just what America needed in 1970, reckons songwriter Graham Nash

Louder · Jun 21

North Korean hackers steal Balkan identities to freelance in Europe and US

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, June 16: Papers focus on the historic Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kyiv that was set on fire by a missile barrage blamed on Russia. Next: a French-Vietnamese woman is appealing against the companies that supplied the deadly Agent Orange chemical during the Vietnam War. Also: an…

France 24 · Jun 16

Don McCullin returns to the horrors of Vietnam in "last ever" photobook featuring never-before-seen images

The British photojournalist, who covered the Vietnam War extensively, returns to the conflict in what he says is his "last ever book"

Digital Camera World · Jun 14

USS Ford Returns After Iran, Venezuela Missions

The world's largest aircraft carrier completed the longest deployment by a carrier since the Vietnam war, which involved missions in the ongoing Iran conflict and the capture of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro in January, when he was the president.

International Business Times · May 16

These Americans are refusing to pay their taxes in protest of the Trump administration

From a Brooklyn freelancer who hasn’t paid federal taxes since the Vietnam War to a new mom horrified by the Iran war, tax resisters say they’d rather face IRS consequences than fund policies they oppose.

Fortune · Apr 16

Refugee detained by ICE missed vital chemo sessions and is now on his deathbed, family says

IN FOCUS: EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: A Laotian refugee whose family fled to America after the Vietnam War has just days to live after missing vital chemotherapy sessions while in ICE detention, his loved ones tell Rhian Lubin

The Independent UK · Mar 27

Vietnam ruined Lyndon B. Johnson’s political career. Will Donald Trump face the same fate over Iran?

Is United States President Donald Trump lurching toward decline and fall? Will he and his MAGA movement reprise Lyndon B. Johnson’s story, when the quagmire of the Vietnam War took the Democratic president out of the 1968 election and gave Republican Richard Nixon the opening he needed to defeat the…

The Conversation · Mar 23

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The Independent UK · Mar 8

'Country' Joe McDonald, '60s rock star, proud protest counterculture icon, dies at 84

“Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and a highlight of the Woodstock music festival, died Sunday at 84

International Business Times · Mar 6

Chilling Similarities Between the US–Iran and the Vietnam War — Is History Repeating Itself?

From asymmetric warfare to the risk of a prolonged conflict, comparisons between the US–Iran tensions and the Vietnam War are increasingly appearing in policy debates.

The Conversation · Mar 4

Congress once fought to limit a president’s war powers − more than 50 years later, its successors are less willing to assert their authority

Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, not the president. But most modern presidents and their legal counsel have asserted that Article 2 of the Constitution allows the president to use the military in certain situations without prior congressional approval – and have acted…

Latin Times · Feb 28

Ruben Gallego Takes Aim At Donald Trump Over Attack Against Iranian Regime: 'Draft Dodger Is Willing To Sacrifice Working Class Kids'

Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego took aim at President Donald Trump over his decision to launch strikes against the Iranian regime, recalling that he received draft deferments during the Vietnam War.

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Inverse · Feb 27

40 Years Later, The Weirdest '80s Horror Movie Is Still Full Of Surprises

'House' is easily the best movie to ever blend monsters, the Vietnam War, and the hijinks of 'Cheers.'

The Guardian - AU · Dec 16, 2025

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago. But its lessons live on in The Quiet American

Phillip Noyce’s political drama is a searing critique of American interventionism that feels all too pertinent today

The Conversation · Dec 2, 2025

The Beatles’ movie Help! featured crude racial stereotypes – but it shouldn’t be hidden away

I sometimes think that my teenage fascination with the Beatles is what drew me to becoming a professional historian. Piecing together what I could find out about them in the years before the internet was a sort of gateway to the history of Britain and the world in the decade…

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2025

Vietnam War POW Robert Stirm, seen in iconic 'Burst of Joy' photo with family, dies at 92

Former U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, a POW during the Vietnam War known for the iconic "Burst of Joy" photo reuniting him with his family, has died in California

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2025

Hegseth in Vietnam to strengthen defense ties and reassure a cautious partner

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has visited Vietnam to reaffirm a partnership focused on addressing the legacies of the Vietnam War

The Conversation · Oct 3, 2025

History is repeating itself at the FBI as agents resist a director’s political agenda

Three converging events in the 1970s – the Watergate scandal, the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from the Vietnam War and revelations that FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had abused his power to persecute people and organizations he viewed as political enemies – destroyed what formerly had been near-automatic trust in the…

The Guardian - UK · Sep 17, 2025

‘Push back – or they’ll eat you alive’: James Cromwell on life as Hollywood’s biggest troublemaker

He marched against the Vietnam war, supported the Black Panthers, has protested over animal rights, ended up in prison after a climate sit-in – and starred in Babe, LA Confidential and Succession. He explains how he became the ultimate activist-actor

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