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.
Rousing welcome greets 20 more returnees at Clark
Twenty American returnees from North Vietnamese captivity landed at this base Sunday night and were given a larger and more rousing welcome than another group, seven times as large, that landed six days before.
A case of low flying and high risk
"Hey, captain," the sergeant said with the disinterested, matter-of-fact calm of a professional. "look at this."
They say An Loc looks like hell
"I guessed that this was what the end of the world would be like," the young pilot recalled as he and other pilots related what they saw only in blurred, streaking motion.
Newsmen take cover as war gets too personal
"Should we move back to the ditch, captain?" the photographer asked nervously.
Troops leave 'Nam with smiles, regrets
"This is my Liberty Bell, man," Sgt. 1.C. Gregorio S. N. Torre declared, brandishing the small brass bell he bought in a Saigon shop. "It's going to ring out my freedom when I get to Travis."
Pacification: Killing Viet Cong is not enough
THIS IS THE FIRST time in recorded history," a senior American official in Vietnam recently said, "that an effort is being made to rebuild a country while a war is still going on."