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Celebrating the Legacy of the UH-1 Huey
From Bell Model 204 to the modern UH-1Y — the most recognized helicopter in the world and the doctrine of air mobility it carried into Ia Drang and beyond.
Wild Weasels in Vietnam: Suppressing Enemy Air Defenses
How the U.S. Air Force and Navy invented modern SEAD doctrine in the deadliest skies of the Cold War — the aircraft, the missiles, the cat-and-mouse against Soviet SAMs.
Operation Commando Lava: The U.S. Attempt to Sabotage with Soap
In 1967 the Pentagon decided that if monsoon mud slowed the enemy, the answer was to make more mud — by dropping nineteen-and-a-half tons of detergent on the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
How French Failures in Vietnam Foretold the U.S. Struggles
The French had ninety-six years to learn lessons in Indochina — and lost anyway. Every misread that broke them at Dien Bien Phu, the U.S. would repeat a decade later.
Key Decisions That Led America into Vietnam
Two bookends pressed America into Vietnam: the post-WWII decision to bankroll the French in Indochina, and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution that handed LBJ a blank check.
Vietnam's 'Search and Destroy' Tactics: A Critical Reflection
Westmoreland's attrition strategy proved air mobility doctrine — and not much else. A critical look at why search-and-destroy failed strategically and corroded American morale.