First built in 1899, the train, which travels more than 1,700km from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi on a single track, was bombed several times during the Vietnam War to cut off the important ...

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Dr. Gaetano Thomas Anthony Viti served with the Second Battalion Fifth Marines, 1st Marine Division, in An Hoa, South Vietnam ...

There were no shovels in the ground over the past year to search for the body of Maj. San D. Francisco, a Kennewick High ...

Madeleine Riffaud's life was woven by struggle, writing and three wars – a century of resilience and resistance. The renowned ...

Lee Roy arrived in country just after Christmas 1968 and was assigned to the 3rd Marine Division, First Battalion, Ninth ...

Before World War Two Vietnam had been part of the French Empire. During World War Two it had been invaded by Japan. Ho Chi Minh was the leader of the Vietminh, a resistance army which fought for ...

With its aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines and missile systems, France's military is among Europe’s most modern. In terms ...

With nearly 30 per cent of the country’s 97 million people under the age of 30, Vietnam’s big cities are bustling with youthful energy. Ho Chi Minh City ... the American War, Hue has an ...

Cruise ships have spent much of the year rearranging sailings to avoid the Red Sea routes as Israel’s war with Hamas continues and ... Volendam will sail north to Vietnam, calling at Phu My for Ho Chi ...

The Americans tried to win the war from the air ... They also wanted to see along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the Vietcong’s supply route. Napalm did clear much of the undergrowth but it also ...