Pleiku, News, Pictures & buzz

HAGL midfielder Vuong revitalised under Thai coach  Vietnamnet

James Rhodes has a different view of Vietnam  Mariposa Gazette

James Edson Smith | Obituaries | kokomoperspective.com  Kokomo Perspective

Hometown Hero: Despite effects of Agent Orange, Jack Van Den Heuvel works hard to give back  WeAreGreenBay.com

A Heritage of Excellence: Crossbow Civil Engineers lead the way  DVIDS

Tracy A. Wood: Her Story  VoiceofOC

Vietnam Veterans Day  Hillsboro Times Gazette

Tree planting campaign for a green Vietnam responded to nationwide  Nhan Dan Online

COMMENTARY: Aging Vietnam veterans face another crisis | Opinion | fredericksburg.com  Fredericksburg.com

19 who died in Vietnam remembered | Columbia County | hudsonvalley360.com  Hudson Valley 360

Heroes and Leaders: Rescue in the Crossfire  Air Force Magazine

'Finding people is easy:' DNA databases help unite American veterans with their long-lost children  Stars and Stripes

Virtual events available for National Vietnam War Veterans Day - VAntage Point  VAntage Point Blog

Borne the Battle #234: Army Veteran Diane Carlson Evans, Founder of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation - VAntage Point  VAntage Point Blog

Vietnam veteran honored with Bronze Star Medal for valor  The Central Virginian

Virtual Wall of Faces almost complete, needs remaining photos - VAntage Point  VAntage Point Blog

Borne the Battle #233: Honoring Vietnam Veterans, MG Peter Aylward - VAntage Point  VAntage Point Blog

'You get shot in combat, you bleed red blood' - vet shares message of unity  We Are The Mighty

Vietnam veteran receives 'long-overdue' Bronze Star  DVIDS

Florida Panthers Celebrate Black History Night, Honor Decorated Vietnam Veteran  NBC 6 South Florida

marjorieh1350: @AlexFeuz Pleiku Vietnam. I think there’s a new airport now but when I was there the flights were handwritten %@ a w#e board.

I am writing a story and a portion of one of the characters' history takes place in 1972 during the Vietnam War. He is an aircraft structural repairer and I need a feasible conflict in this chapter. Tentatively he is a part of the 604th TC at Camp Holloway, Pleiku, Vietnam during the Easter Offensive. North Vietnamese Mig-17s ambush the camp. There is some pre-existing, and life-threatening damage to the UH-1 that needs to take off. I need input on two issues. 1.) What would be a pressing reason for the helicopter to launch as soon as possible? 2.) What kind of life-threatening damage is repairable within a few short minutes? This is only for one chapter, so forgive me for writing on a topic I really know nothing about, but I'm good at improving as long as I have some good basis for the conflict.

5. The domino theory was one of the main reason America got involved in Vietnam in the first place. true or false 9. Who fell to the Khmer Rouge in April 1975? a. Cambodia b. Laos c. Thailand d. South Vietnam 11. Lieutenant William L. Calley, Jr. did not have to serve his life sentence for the My Lai Massacre, instead his sentence was reduced to 3 years on strict house arrest. true or false 12. In February 1965, eight Americans were killed and 126 were wounded by a Viet Cong attack in South Vietnam at ________. a. Saigon b. Pleiku c. Da Nang d. Kontum 13. The student revolution had its first altercation in September 1964 at ___________. a. Harvard b. Brown c. Berkeley d. Stanford 14. ___________ said that America would not stand by like “a pitiful helpless giant” and watch the Viet Cong attack South Vietnam from Cambodia. a. Kissinger b. Nixon c. Johnson d. McCarthy 15. In November ________, with the encouragement of the United States, military leaders staged a coup and seized control of the government of South Vietnam from Diem. a. 1960 b. 1963 c. 1961 d. 1962

......(Cont) throughout South Vietnam A. Iron Triangle B. Pleiku C. Tet D. My Lai

So, I am going to Vietnam late Next year for world challenge with school for a month. We either fly in AND out of Hanoi OR Ho Chi Minh. The people I want to go with want to go North (Hanoi) because they want to go to Ha Long bay. I really want to do that as well, but I REALLY need to have contact with an elephant some time. I love elephants and I wouldn't be able to stand going to a country with elephants and NOT seeing one! So, does anyone know any places in North Vietnam where there are elephants? I've done my research and there doesn't seem to be but this is just the last ray of hope. We are going down as far as Hoi An, then heading back up to the Sapa area and Ha long Bay. Maybe we could make the journey further down, but that would be too much of our time travelling and I don't think people would be very happy about that. Does anyone have any suggestions for how the whole group can see or ride elephants in Northish Vietnam? I want to see amazing animals in my travels. If I could ride an elephant, my life would be complete. Thanks :)

I was just wondering if there are any websites where i can find what the public's and media's reaction was to the Pleiku airbase attack in 1963? Thanks