Category: War and Military Stories

Guest Writer – Steve Salkof; My Friend Mag

  Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.  ∼ Eleanor Roosevelt   Two hundred and seventy three thousand Airmen served in Vietnam during the war.                                    Introduction   Steve Salkof, a United States Air Force Veteran – entered service on April […]

Music of the Vietnam War

    I think music in itself is healing. It’s an explosive expression of humanity. It’s something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we’re from, everyone loves music. ― Billy Joel      The Fifth Dimension   Many articles have been written about the music of the Vietnam War. Like most other […]

France Absorbs Vietnam

    Colonialism. The enforced spread of the rule of reason. But who is going to spread it among the colonizers? ∼ Anthony Burgess     French Indochina in the 1940’s.   The root cause of the American War in Vietnam can be traced back to the colonization of Vietnam by France. By 1890 the […]

Henry Kissinger; Nixon’s Point Man

  Do not confuse covert action with missionary work. ∼ Henry Kissinger   If you look into Richard Nixon’s role in the Vietnam War, you will also uncover a lot of information on the dour-faced Henry Kissinger who was Nixon’s confidant and trusted assistant regarding management of the war in Southeast Asia. Because of Kissinger’s […]