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‘Speed forward, fight close and hit hard’ — How China won the Battle of the Paracel Islands
With U.S. troops gone from South Vietnam, China made a move at sea in 1974. The ripple effects are still being felt.
By Carl O. Shuster, Vietnam Magazine
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Remember that time we forgot a navy and had to go back and get it?
“We forgot ’em.”
By Don North, Vietnam Magazine
This is what happened when an Air Force pilot got assigned to a Navy carrier
Ron Williams remembers his temporary duty assignment flying Douglas A-3B “Whales” from a carrier as the most challenging two years of his career
By Chester Peterson Jr., Aviation History Magazine
When Seabees weren’t building bases in Vietnam, they were fighting the enemy
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., includes 85 Seabees among its list of war dead—a tribute to their motto, “We build, we fight,” which is symbolized in their logo of a bee holding a wrench, hammer and machine gun.
By Tom Edwards, Vietnam Magazine
Marine killed in Vietnam awarded Navy Cross for assaulting bunker firing at his unit
A half century later Cpl. Stephen E. Austin was awarded the nation’s second highest award for combat bravery.
By Shawn Snow
Carl Vinson first carrier to visit Vietnam since war
The Vinson’s arrival comes amid growing tensions with China over construction of seven man-made islands in the South China Sea.
By Jon Simkins