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Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. (July 15, 1924 – March 28, 2014) was an American politician and military officer who served as a U.S. Senator representing Alabama from 1981 to 1987.
[1] [2] Between 1959 and 1973 the first 38 volumes of this series were systematically revised as part of a project directed by Harriet Adams, Edward Stratemeyer's daughter. [3] The original version of this book was rewritten in 1966 by James D. Lawrence [ 1 ] resulting in two different stories with the same title.
ISBN 978-1-50553-674-4. First hand account by a Raven who later rose to Assistant Secretary of the Air Force. Fuller, John H., and Murphy, Helen (2016). The Raven Chronicles: In Our Own Words, from the Secret War in Laos. Chronicles Project. Amazon ISBN 978-0-69256-612-1. A collection of first hand accounts by Raven pilots. Platt, William E ...
Air America C-123 on ramp at Long Tieng, 1970. Set up in June 1961, Long Tieng was the headquarters for Vang Pao, who led irregular forces of the Meo people, a CIA ally in the conflict with Pathet Lao. (Source: CIA, Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA Air Operations in Laos, 1955-1974. Photo courtesy of D. Williams.)
[2] [3] He worked with the Hmong people for the CIA's operation in Laos commonly called the "Secret War" as it was little known at the time. In 1975, as the communist Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese Army advanced on the Hmong base at Long Tieng , Daniels organized the air evacuation of Vang Pao and more than two thousand of his officers ...
The 12th Central Committee (12th CC), officially stylised as XII Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), was composed of 180 members and 20 alternates.It was elected by the 12th National Congress on 27 January 2016, and its electoral term lasted until the election of the 13th tenure (13th CC) on 31 January 2021 by the 13th National Congress.
Cẩn created the Popular Force organisation to operate in central Vietnam. [1] The Popular Force was an alternative to the Strategic Hamlet Program which was used on a much larger scale in the south by Nhu, who moved peasants into fortified camps in an attempt to isolate Viet Cong cadres from accessing the rural populace and intimidating or ...
The 'Nam is a war comic book series detailing the U.S. war in Vietnam from the perspective of active-duty soldiers involved in the conflict. It was initially written by Doug Murray, illustrated by Michael Golden and edited by Larry Hama, and was published by Marvel Comics for seven years beginning in 1986, which was intended to roughly parallel the analogous events of the period of major ...