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Bitter Memories: The Fall of Saigon (Part 3)

Sailors pushing a helicopter from the deck of the USS Oklahoma City on 30 April 1975. Editors Note: In the spring of 1975, Communist forces launched an all-out assault against the Republic of Vietnam, forcing an end to the costly […]

September 1, 2013 · 3 Comments

Bitter Memories: The Fall of Saigon (Part 3)

By Tom Glenn

Bitter Memories: The Fall of Saigon (Part 2)

By Tom Glenn
August 25, 2013 · 2 Comments

(Feature photo: Marine Ch-53 helicopters would be used for the evacuation of Saigon.) Editors Note: In the spring of 1975, Communist forces launched an all-out assault against the Republic of Vietnam,

Bitter Memories: The Fall of Saigon (Part 1)

By Tom Glenn
August 18, 2013 · 7 Comments

Glenn (seated at right) in the Vietnam highlands 1967. Editors Note: On August 7th, 1964, by a near unanimous vote, the U.S. Congress approved The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. The