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The War in Vietnam
History606.9k viewsChilling Stories About The Torture Methods Used In The Hoa Loa Vietnamese War Prison"Hanoi Hilton" is the nickname given to Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi, Vietnam, by American POWs. John McCain, who was held there for fiv...
Historical Entertainment7.3k votersThe Best Vietnam War MoviesVietnam War movies can almost be counted as a genre on their own--there are so many of them. This Vietnam War movies list can be o...
USA43.8k viewsHow The Pentagon Papers Exposed Government Lies About The Vietnam WarUS involvement in the Vietnam War was well-entrenched and under heavy scrutiny by the time the Pentagon Papers were published in 1...
Vietnam War195.5k viewsWhat Happened To People Who Came Into Contact With Agent Orange During The Vietnam War?The staggering death toll from the Vietnam War continues to rise - not from combat, since the war technically ended in 1975, but f...
History37k votersCool Old School Pictures From VietnamVietnam War pictures aren't all images of pain. While there are many photos like those, and some of them are famous, there are als...
Historical Entertainment29.8k views8 Vietnam Movies That Fudged the Truth for Narrative ConvenienceFilms make mistakes. Conveying something as massive and intricate as a war requires some creative license just to make the mess ma...
Vietnam War103.5k viewsVietnam Veterans Describe What It Was Like Coming Back To The StatesLasting nearly 20 years, the conflict in Vietnam resulted in thousands of United States troops being sent to Southeast Asia to pre...
Graveyard Shift10.6k views"Operation Babylift" Was A Controversial Mission To Fly Thousands of Orphans Out of The Vietnam WarOver two intense weeks in April 1975, some 2,000 children were airlifted out of Vietnam for their safety at the end of the Vietnam...
History124.3k viewsWatch The Video Of An American POW In Vietnam Blinking A Desperate Warning In Morse Code On TVJeremiah Denton was a commander in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War when he was shot down, injured, and then taken pr...
Weird History29.6k viewsWhat Happened To American POWs In The Vietnam War?Although the Vietnam conflict lasted for 20 years - from 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in 1975 - the United States government never o...
Apocalypse Now73.8k views15 Stories From The Wild Life Of David Hackworth, Who Inspired Two 'Apocalypse Now' CharactersHe inspired not one but two characters in Apocalypse Now. David Hackworth, the inspiration for Colonel Kurtz and Bill Kilgore, adm...
Graveyard Shift2.1k votersCreepy Ghost Stories And Legends From VietnamTo people from the West, Vietnam is a country full of mystery and intrigue. And as with any place so full of history and folklore,...
Vietnam War44k viewsWhat It Was Like Training For The Vietnam WarDuring America's long involvement in the Vietnam conflict, from 1965 to 1973, tens of thousands of young men and women were recrui...
Vietnam679.4k viewsThe Story Behind The Vietnam-Era Monk Self-Immolation PhotoIn 1963, a Vietnamese monk committed self-immolation in front of hundreds of people. While his primary motivation was protest, the...
Vietnam1.1k votersThe Best Documentaries About VietnamThere have been many documentaries about the Vietnam War and the plethora of controversies that surrounded it. What are the best d...
Forrest Gump63.8k viewsHow Accurate Was The Depiction Of The Vietnam War In 'Forrest Gump'?Even decades after its original release, Forrest Gump remains a divisive film. Some see the movie as a classic American fable, whi...
Graveyard Shift12.5k viewsThe Best Songs About The Vietnam War, Ranked By VotesIt's hard to imagine that a global catastrophe could be the inspiration for great music, but in the case of the Vietnam conflict, ...