Vietnam Cycling
Catriona continues her journey cycling through one of her most favourite places ... Vietnam. Thursday, March 25, 2004 Catriona continues her journey cycling through one of her most favourite places ... Vietnam. Cycling is a wonderful way to see ... [... more]
Getaway |
Beaumontia
An interesting rare perfumed plant is Herald's Trumpet (Beaumontia grandiflora) which has wonderful large white flowers with a sweet tropical perfume. It is a vigorous woody climber which is native to the region from India to Vietnam and belongs ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Larry Berman
Larry Berman is a professor of political science at the University of California, Davis, and the author of three well-received books on Vietnam, including No Peace, No Honor: Nixon, Kissinger, and Betrayal in Vietnam. He made more than a dozen ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Eric Conger
With 257 combat missions in Vietnam under his belt, Gary Smith is a living witness to the realities of Naval Special Warfare. He worked with some of the toughest and most highly motivated men in the world, executing missions in the murderous ... [... more]
Random House |
Bill Goshen
The men who served with in the 1st Infantry Division with F company, 52nd Infantry, (LRP) later redesignated as Company I, 75th Infantry (Ranger) --engaged in some of the fiercest, bloodiest fighting during the Vietnam War, suffering a greater ... [... more]
Random House |
Tracy Kidder
Tracy Kidder graduated from Harvard, studied at the University of Iowa, and served as an army officer in Vietnam. He has won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award, and many other literary prizes. He lives in ... [... more]
Random House |
Al Sever / AUTHOR CATALOG
No one in Vietnam had to tell door gunner and gunship crew chief Al Sever that the odds didn't look good. He volunteered for the job well aware that hanging out of slow-moving choppers over hot LZs blazing with enemy fire was not conducive to a ... [... more]
Random House |
Tom Marshall
Tom Marshall enlisted in the United States Army in the Warrant Officer Rotary Wing Pilot course in 1969. During his one-year tour in Vietnam, he received the Bronze Star for meritorious service after two months of action with the 4th Infantry ... [... more]
Random House |
Randy E. M. Foster
Impressive in terms of scale and structure, the Fire Support Base became a dominant element in ground maneuver during the Vietnam War. Initially a mobile base, it soon evolved into a semi-permanent and more sophisticated fortress as a result of ... [... more]
Random House |
Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien received the 1979 National Book Award in Fiction for So wrote the New York Times of Tim O'Brien's now classic novel of Vietnam. Winner of the 1979 National Book Award, Originally published in 1975, Tim O'Brien's debut novel ... [... more]
Random House |
Alan Maki / AUTHOR CATALOG
With 257 combat missions in Vietnam under his belt, Gary Smith is a living witness to the realities of Naval Special Warfare. He worked with some of the toughest and most highly motivated men in the world, executing missions in the murderous ... [... more]
Random House |
Melbourne rap jumping
Rap Jumping is a forward abseiling technique stemming from a form of rope work started by the Australian Army during the Vietnam War. Facing forward allows soldiers to shoot their guns as they scale cliff faces or vertical surfaces. It was known ... [... more]
Getaway |
