9 Jul 1943 US-British invasion of Sicily begins [night of 9-10 Jul]. 9 Jul 1944 British and Canadian forces capture Caen from the Germans, a critical post-D-Day objective in Normandy, France. 9 Jul 1944 US forces reach the northern end of Saipan, finding thousands of Japanese civilian men, women, and children who commit suicide by leaping off the cliffs rather than be captured. Visit the Olive-Drab.com World War II Timeline for day-by-day events 1939-1945! See also WW2 Books.
Vietnam: Internet Resource Links
Military History - Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Wall is the focus of this web site. History, rememberances, details of the arrangement of names, database of names, and how to support The Wall. See also the Olive-Drab.com page about The Wall.
Vietnam War in the News is an edited, non-political review of Vietnam War related news and articles. While the Vietnam War ended over 30 years ago, the legacy and aftermath continues. Current events and developments are reported here.
Images Of My War
by Ulf R. Heller, RVN Jul 68 - Jan 70. Personal history, richly detailed,
of Lt. Heller's background, training, preparations, and service experience
in Vietnam. This is a very well written contribution to the collective
memory of the war.
Hell's Half
Acre: The Combat Soldier in the Vietnam War has photographs, artwork, uniforms and equipment of the Americans
who fought in the Vietnam war to help give insight of how the soldiers
who served with honor in Vietnam lived and fought.
Army aviator Jack Heslin provides his first hand account of the historical
events at the Battle of Kontum
in the spring of 1972. As described here in text, photos and maps, the
firepower of the helicopter gunships and the Air Force bombers were an
essential element in the successful outcome of the battle. A discussion
board and guest book bring the comments and stories of other vets in to
provide more details and depth.
History
of the Vietnam War is an extensive page of links and document references
for researching the Vietnam War with materials from many countries and
political points of view.
The Vietnam I Remember.
Photos and stories from two tours as a Marine Corps photographer.
In-Country Women
is dedicated to the nine military nurses and fifty-eight civilian women
who died in Vietnam while serving their country. It is also dedicated
to the only woman still listed as a POW/MIA, Dr. Eleanor Ardel Vietti.
Investigating
the Vietnam War. This site is intended to help students to carry out
research into the Vietnam War. The places where you can obtain information
about the Vietnam War on the Internet have been organised into the following
categories: Background Information, Historical Narratives, Time-Lines,
Personal Accounts of the War, War Statistics, Military Information, Visual
Images, Events and Issues, Vietnam Veteran's Resident Historian, Vietnam
War Interview Area, and Biographies plus more.
Canadians
in Vietnam is the website of the Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial Association.
LZ Xray. The Ia Drang Campaign
was to the Vietnam War what the terrible Spanish Civil War of the 1930's
was to World War II---a dress rehearsal. In November 1965, 450 U.S. soldiers
were dropped into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were surrounded
by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. This web site provides the basic story
with photos and maps as well as promotes the fine first-person book about
the campaign We Were Soldiers Once...and Young
History of the OV-1 Mohawk in Vietnam
1962 -1972. Includes unit histories, links to related pages, and stories
of the pilots and observers.
The Vietnam
War Internet Project is an educational organization dedicated to providing
information and documents about the various Indochina Wars and to the
collection and electronic publication on the web of oral histories and
memoirs of both those who served in and those who opposed those conflicts.
Very extensive site.
Army
Transportation Assn. Vietnam. Dedicated to the history and memories
of those veterans who fought and died in Vietnam and to those special
transportation personnel that now live to tell their accounts of war.
Provides extensive coverage of land, water, and air transportation units
and activities with personal stories and photos.
Guntrucks:
Ultimate Roadrage. The story in words and pictures of the Vietnam
Gun Trucks with special coverage of "Eve of Destruction", the last remaining
example of these special vehicles.
What Tomorrow Brings: Memoirs of a Photo Officer in Vietnam. Website of Roger Hawkins (221st Signal Company, and DASPO) whose footage shot in Vietnam has been used by the History Channel in: Dangerous Missions: Mike Force and
Dangerous Missions: MACV/SOG as well as Discovery Channel Wings for Dustoff Helicopter Ambulance Operations in Vietnam.
Vietnam
Online, was developed to accompany Vietnam: A Television History,
the award-winning PBS television series produced by WGBH Boston. It covers
the war in great depth. In particular, the Weapons
of War page covers vehicles, aircraft, arms, and equipment of both
sides.
War Stories. A site for any
Vietnam Veteran to voice personal Vietnam experiences in a short-story
format. To date, over 280 Vietvet stories are posted.
There are many fine websites that have additional information on this
topic, too many to list here and too many to keep up with as they come and go.
Use this Google web search form to get an up to date report of what's out there.
For good results, try entering this: vietnam war. Then click the Search button.
