Vietnam War
Vietnam-era veterans given hallucinogens in secret experiments face VA denials for back pay
Veterans injured in secret military experiments that tested hallucinogens and nerve gas on young troops more than 50 years ago said their renewed appeals for retroactive disability benefits are being denied, though a federal court directed the payouts.
'Now we're going to them instead of waiting to get hit'
The cloudy night shattered by nearby B52 strikes ... a deafening response to a single incoming rocket round ... the sound of lizards and frogs croaking in a quiet little pond near the perimeter....
GIs find caches plentiful, Reds scarce
Thirty-five pounds of peanuts will go a long way at a cocktail party.
The new Kentuckians
They all spoke with the same dry and friendly accent about the same things — the same town, the same high school, the same girls.
River patrol boats slow Red supplies
About midway along this canal, which runs for 40 miles along the southwest border of Vietnam and Cambodia, you can look to the east on a clear day and see a mountain range beyond the rich, flat delta land.