SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio has a proud military history, perhaps best encapsulated in the city’s “Military City USA” nickname. For all of that history, there are few places in town to learn about local ...
Johnny get your gun : decisions to enter the U.S. military during the Vietnam War -- Building GI Joe : induction and recruit training during the Vietnam era -- The first wave : the American ...
Sleep gnaws at the soldier's insides, and the night induces him to drift into the comfort of slumber in the steamy Vietnam jungle. Then, Pvt. Chris Taylor, the viewer's surrogate in "Platoon," ...
As important as Bob Hope was to the GIs of WWII, he was even closer to the hearts of the grunts in Vietnam. The war was unpopular at home, most of the men were drafted, and they didn't feel like ...