NKorea, SKorea exchange fire near disputed border – A.P.
The Associated Press is reporting this morning that today the North and South Korean Navies exchanged gunfire in waters marking the western boundaries of their disputed territories. The piece is...
View ArticleKorean War Hero to be Recognized Six Decades Later
A Northglenn, CO man will soon be presented all the awards he deserves for actions that took place September 21, 1951. Sergeant Leo Slade, 80, a father, twice widowed, and now recognized US Army war...
View ArticleObjectives of Pakistan’s adversaries remain unaccomplished
By Asif Haroon Raja The US is the strongest military and economic power of the world but its behavior is amateurish and childish and doesn’t correspond to its stature, strength and capability. After...
View ArticleSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Echoes from Hanoi, Vietnam
– Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the National Convention Center, Hanoi, Vietnam July 23, 2010 Yesterday, I arrived in Vietnam and I was honored to be here to help celebrate the 15th...
View ArticleNews of Korean War Suffering Was Distorted And Suppressed
The Korean War, a.k.a. the “Unknown War,” was, in fact, headline news at the time it was being fought(1950-53). Given the Cold War hatreds of the combatants, though, a great deal of the reportage was...
View ArticleU.S. Denial of Outrageous National Global Violations Appalling
The U.S. criminal apparatus extreme violations and assaults on human self-dignity and global citizenry decency is unprecedented in documented historical recorded events.
View ArticleMemorial and Veterans Day Hypocrisy
Annually America's warrior tradition is commemorated in major media editorials and op-eds, honoring fallen men and women for reasons not explained.
View ArticleA Freedom’s Hero – Colonel Ralph Parr
Retired F-86 Fighter Jet Thank you Tom Weeks and Ollie Crawford for your welcome contributions and brightness you’ve added to the life of this American hero. Ralph Parr was born in 1924 in...
View ArticleVeterans Set Adrift
Found and Contributed to VNN by: Tom Dillman This is next in our series of stories about veteran heroes who survived against the greatest of odds, yet are now caught in a downward spiral of the...
View ArticleDisappearing Racial Distractions
By: Tom Dillman I’m an American, First Cavalry Veteran, born before WWII who served at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), and prior to it being Government Official, much of S.E. Asia. This...
View ArticleBrain Secrets of Aging, Memory and Wisdom
The subject of the brain and how it works or doesn't work has fascinated me since my own military encounter with an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) and the ensuing TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) I've...
View ArticleU.S. Soldier MIA from Korean War Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his...
View ArticleQuilts of Valor Ceremony Honor 42 WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War Veterans
An April 19 ceremony in Overland Park, KS, to honor 42 WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War veterans who live at Tallgrass Creek retirement community with Quilts of Valor. Each quilt will have a special...
View ArticleTop 10 News For Veterans-May 25,2012
Last week! Pay tribute to that special Dad you adore by posting a free message for Father’s Day. Messages received by the May 29 deadline will be printed in the Stars and Stripes newspaper edition of...
View ArticleRicks: Firing ‘The Generals’ To Fight Better Wars?
'The Generals' sees as a decline of American military leadership; it offers an argument about why the wars in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan have been so long and so frustrating.
View ArticleThe Empire Behind World’s Largest History Magazine Chain
The only way to counter the manipulation of powerful media owners is to expose their actions widely and to demand better.
View ArticleFrom Hiroshima to Lower Manhattan
To bring the American mind to a point of recognition that allows for comparison of the suffering we have inflicted against others as a possible rationale for the hatred that has been leveled at...
View Article40 Years of the ‘Fighter Mafia’
An informal group begun by Col. John Boyd and mathematician Tom Christie calls for military reform—by doing more with less.
View ArticleArmy Vet Allen Thomas Searches for Twins He Left Behind in Korea in ’70s
When American soldier Allen Thomas waved goodbye to his twins at an airport in Korea in 1971, he had no idea it would be the last time he would see them.
View ArticleFormer NFL Player to attend National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
Former NFL Player, Imperial Ethiopian Bodyguard, North Korean Defector, UN Official, Peace Activist Unite to Honor Veterans and Hope for Peace at 8th Annual Armistice Day Peace Concert & Vigil
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