The Ring is a select webring for students, educators, and historians of the Vietnam War and any veterans who served and have a Vietnam Website! The websites are chosen to give a broad and representative history of the Vietnam War.
OCS Class 4-64 is searching for our classmate, Gregory D. Tillitt. He served in and later commmanded Company B, 2nd Bn, 8th Cav in Viet Nam in 1967 -68. Anyone having information on Greg is asked to contact me - Ron Sommer, 2516 Bauernschmidt Drive, Baltimore, MD 21221, (410) 391-6687 ronsommer@eathlink.net. The class holds a reunion every 2 years and we would like to find our classmate so he can attend in 2012. Thanks!
Mark " Mac" Macintyre is an Army helicopter pilot in Vietnam. He is also a wheeler-dealer of military equipment. But when he wins an Army helicopter in a poker game, he soon finds out that he has bitten off more than he can chew. He quickly realizes that others have their own plans for the helicopter and that they are willing to go to any length to keep it within their control. Mac isn't able to get rid of the helicopter before he unwillingly becomes trapped in a fight between the CIA and Russia; a fight for his life. He doesn't mind his relationship with CIA agent Sheila Hood, but the job they "ask" him to do is filled with danger - not only for him and Sheila, but for the whole world. How could things get so far out of hand over a simple game of poker?
Blending fact with fiction, the story which takes place during the Vietnam W
As a combat wounded veteran, I offer to speak for fallen friends - In war, it is understood that you give your word of honor to do your duty -- that is -- stand and fight instead of running away and deserting your friends - When you keep your word despite desperately desiring to flee the screaming hell all around, you earn honor - Earning honor under fire changes who you are.
Story of Vietnam-era troop trains. The last major troop train to be used was in 1965 when 15,000 men and their equipment from the 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) rode the rails from Ft. Riley, Kansas, to Oakland, California on their way to Vietnam. Photos of a trip from Texas to New York City (World War II) as an armored division brings its equipment and troops to the port.
What's the difference between a fairy tale and a war story? A fairy tale begins with "Once upon a time" and a war story begins with "No shit--this really happened."
These war stories are all true. Most of the details are from letters I wrote in 1970 and 1971 when I was a pilot flying C-130's out of Tan Son Nhut Airfield in Saigon.
Retired Army, Sergeant First Class, Transportation Corps, Vietnam Veteran, Official S.E. Asia Maps, Vietnam Capitulation Review, Photographs, Bugle Calls, Awards and Decorations, Enlisted Insignia of Rank, Unit Histories, and Feedback Page.
Author's web site for, Thunder in the Night, a book on Naval combat in the latter days of the Vietnam War. Personalized copies of the book can be purchased here. My book is dedicated to the memories of twenty-one lost comrads. It is my purpose to keep the faith and support our troops while adding a chapter to the history of the Vietnam War.
TET 1968-1969 Offensive and Counteroffensive Combat Operations with 101 photographs documenting a Vietnam War tour of duty with the 326 Combat Engineer Bn, 101st Airborne Div. A frightful trip down Memory Lane and through the Ashau Valley. WELCOME HOME VIETNAM VETERANS!! Also, a Patriotic Salute to Our Gallant Troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. A Honest and Hard Hitting Sa
Home of the 12th Cavalry Regiment which has served in WW II, Viet Nam, & Iraq. The site contains unit history & awards, campaigns, individual honors & casualty lists. In addition, the site is used to exchange memories, war stories, and pictures & to locate fellow soldiers.
You are invited, albeit hesitantly, to share the memories, flashbacks, nightmares, and cynical rantings of a Vietnam survivor. The author who is a philosopher, former Marine Corps Officer, and Vietnam Veteran, shares his observations on war through his poetry, prose, essays.
