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Aware as they are of the considerable problems remaining in each corps area, most senior U.S. officers profess confidence about over-all military prospects. Vietnam map, published on April 7, 1968. So encouraged is General Westmoreland that he is about to launch into what he terms Phase Three of the war. (Phase One, according to Westmoreland ...
Photo from LIFE Nov 26, 1965. The reason is simple: the war is going very badly, and U.S. policymakers no longer feel that the South Vietnamese army alone can fight off the Vietcong. V.C. battalions, aided by at least nine battalions of regular North Vietnamese troops that have infiltrated the south, now outnumber those of the Saigon government ...
Vietnam War map: Corps to corps (1968) Here’s a Vietnam War map showing men and weapons in South Vietnam at the start of 1968 — US / Allied / South Viet / VC-NVA The devastating shortage of Titanic lifeboats: Editorial cartoons published right after the disaster pulled no punches (1912)
From The Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia) – Wednesday, March 13, 1973. SAIGON (AP) – A Navy pilot out of the Hanoi Hilton this week is the son and namesake of the admiral who directed some of the heaviest bombing raids over North Vietnam. Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain III, 36, was shot down in his Skyhawk jet by a SAM missile over North ...
New inquiry into Wounded Knee (1976) Adapted from an article by William K Wyant, Jr. – St Louis Post-Dispatch (St Louis, MO) January 11, 1976
Lace & lacquer vintage Easter egg crafts (1975) Family Circle, April 1975. Prepare fresh eggs by making a pinhole in each end. Stir contents with a toothpick to break the yolk. Blow through the end to empty; set eggs aside for scrambling. Rinse each shell. Drain and dry.
Nostalgia often paints the past in rosy hues, but vintage advertisements tell a different story. These ads from the mid-20th century were blunt, unapologetically exploiting personal insecurities about looks, hygiene and more.
Hogan’s Heroes star analyzes its comedy. By Donald Freeman, Copley News Service. Bob Crane, a breezy, articulate ex-drummer and recent disc jockey-turned-actor, stars in Hogan’s Heroes, a CBS comedy series which has Col. Hogan (Crane) as the leader of Allied prisoners in a German POW camp in World War II.
The vintage ‘Real People’ TV show debuted in 1979, and focused on everyday folks and their stories, ranging from heartwarming to silly to strange. Gimme a Break! made us laugh and think: A look at the 1980s TV sitcom that broke barriers. Gimme a Break! was a sitcom that aired in the early 1980s.
In the days before handheld and car GPS systems, online mapping and real-time traffic reporting, folks in this fine country used to get around with the help of poster-size pieces of paper called road maps. Take a look at a more than 20 vintage road maps below, apparently preserved for years in car gloveboxes across the nation!