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The Vietnam vet who wouldn't die

During the Vietnam War, this soldier survived injuries and situations that should have been fatal. Again and again, he lived ...
January 2, 1967, saw one of the most stunning air battles of the Vietnam War. Robin Olds and the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing lured North Vietnam’s MiG-21s into a deadly trap, executing precision ...
Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was flying Red Cross flags and even radioed for help in English. American ...
New details of deliberations show how aides with overlapping agendas drove the United States toward a militarized confrontation with Venezuela. By Edward Wong Tyler Pager Charlie Savage Julian E.
“The Odyssey — From Vietnam to America” is a tribute to the refugees who fled Vietnam in the aftermath of that war. The refugees became known as “boat people,” as they risked everything to sail in ...
Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said on Thursday that he has seen “no evidence of war crimes” committed during the U.S. military’s Sept. 2 strikes against an alleged ...
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on both sides of the issue are reacting furiously to Democrats and a select few Republicans’ attempt to limit through legislation President Donald Trump’s unilateral authority ...
Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has ...
He won the award for his daring coverage of the Vietnam War for The Associated Press. He went on to cover conflicts for CNN for nearly two decades. He won the award for his daring coverage of the ...
Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Peter Arnett ...