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American soldiers in Vietnam communicated using so much slang and shorthand that it almost seems like its own English dialect ...
In 1965, The Dow Company — best known at that time for making Saran Wrap — began making Napalm, a jellied gas used in warfare in Vietnam. Napalm became the symbol of the war. Mark Greenside ...
The Museum’s Huey served with four units in Vietnam between 1966 and 1970. Though now painted in National Guard livery, it retains an XM52 smoke generator similar to the one it carried for the ...
In the late 1970s, Vietnam ... diamond symbol means the service member is confirmed to be deceased or presumed deceased; a cross sign means they were either missing or a prisoner of war at the ...
Flowers have long carried meaning across cultures. Egyptians revered the lotus as a symbol of purity and rebirth, while ancient Greeks crowned the heads of poets and warriors with laurel, representing ...
Passaic County to unveil Fallen Soldier Battlefield Cross on Saturday at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Saturday.