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Robert L. Howard, one of America's most decorated soldiers

19 hours ago ago from Firearms and Training

Rober L. Howard passed away yesterday in Waco, Texas. Robert L. Howard is said to be our nation's most decorated soldier from the Vietnam War. He was the last Vietnam Special Forces Medal of Honor recipient still on active duty when he retired on Sept. 29, 1992. His story is told in John Plaster's excellent book, SOG The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam.

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How the South Vietnam was won

7 hours ago ago from Life in Penang, is more than beautiful

Vietnam or Dai Viet, was initially around red River Delta at the Gulf of Tonkin, but it was eventually expanded to the South by war and invasion to the Cham Empire(central and south Vietnam) and later on to Mekong Delta, where Khemer land including Saigon was acquired. The conquest of the south of present-day Vietnam was a long process of territorial acquisition by the Vietnamese. It is called Nam Tien by Vietnamese historians. Vietnam ...

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Vietnam History: French Occupation

20 hours ago ago from Life in Penang, is more than beautiful

France assumed sovereignty over all of Vietnam after the Sino-French War (1884-1885). The French colonial government then divided Vietnam into three different administrative territories. They named the territories: Tonkin (in the north), Annam (in the center), and Cochinchina (in the south). These territories were fairly arbitrary in their geographic extent. French Colonization(1885-1954) Vietnam's independence was gradually eroded by ...

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Discovering Hanoi

10 hours ago ago from point....click...shoot

http://www.tpw.it/2010/kolkata_project_workshop/vietnam.html The soul of contemporary Vietnam is a mosaic of histories. Those that left their mark more than others are the thousand plus years of Chinese domination, French colonialism, and the final push westward in the war of liberation against the United States. However, it is the personality of the Vietnamese that emerges intact overall: proud, indomitable nationalists, flexible and ...

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Military History - Warfare through the Ages - Battles and Conflicts - Weapons of War - Military Leaders in History

5 hours ago ago from Kennedy's Military History Blog

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Vietnam’s Niche Marketing Strategy Meets Global Realities

10 hours ago ago from The New York Times

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