ending U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. All U.S. forces were gone by March 1973. The economy in South Vietnam collapsed without U.S. financial support after the oil crisis and global recession ...
On the 50th anniversary of Ali vs Foreman, Diego Morilla lists ten reasons why the Rumble in the Jungle is still the greatest ...
In the 20 years after the Korean War, Vietnam's jungle terrain posed new and unique challenges to military aviation. In 1962, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara tasked Lt. Gen. Hamilton Howze ...
AS American jets today wiped out two Russian built missile sites and left two others in flames US cavalrymen in the jungle ...
After World War Two, it was returned to French control ... policy This policy involved sending soldiers into the jungle and villages of Vietnam. It often meant soldiers were easy targets for ...
LEAD — Nothing scares Jerry Noteboom anymore. Not after what he saw in Vietnam. That’s what the Army infantryman said about ...
Thirty Vietnam veterans were honored with a medal and lapel pin by the Long Island Air Force Association at the Museum of ...
ULTRA rare photos have re-emerged of Muhammad Ali preparing for his Rumble in the Jungle epic with George Foreman 50 years ...
As the Vietnam War raged, Jon Ready and his friends looked like members of the Beatles. They had that wispy, bowlish haircut ...
On October 30, 1974 the "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight boxing match between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali took place in Zaire ...
30, 1974: The Rumble in the Jungle. In Zaire, at the Stade des Martyrs stadium, Muhammad Ali, then 32, fought George Foreman, 25. Most thought Ali didn't stand a chance. It was understandable. Ali was ...
The crew also used a jungle penetrator to hoist patients from ... 101st Airborne Division infantryman in the Vietnam War, often helped load wounded on to medevacs after firefights.