On June 24, 1972, U.S. Air Force Captain David B. Grant was flying a mission from Thailand into conflict-ridden North Vietnam when his F-4 Phantom took a direct hit and exploded.
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New Year Brings New Name, Logo and Focus to Military History Museum
WWII veterans Bill Siniard, USN and Harold Wellington, USCG were recipients of a Quilt of Valor at a recent museum ceremony.
John Barker: Flying F-4 Phantoms Over Hanoi
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Wendell “Ray” Alcorn: Seven Years a Prisoner of War
James Boatwright: Supporting Fellow Marines on the Ground
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Vietnam: Two Eras, Two Kinds of Warfare
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USMC Tunnel Rat Urges PTSD Victims to Seek Help
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Vietnam Veterans: Jimmy McKinney Traveled With Big Red I
Honor Flight Offers Special Homecoming to One of Vietnam War’s First Veterans
Vietnam Veteran Series by Michel Robertson Article first appeared in The Transylvania Times on October 22, 2018 On October 6, 2018, I accompanied 92 Vietnam veterans to Washington, DC as a guardian on a Blue Ridge Honor Flight. Among the veterans was David Crandal, of Brevard. The following article chronicles both Crandal’s Vietnam War experience […]
Ervin Bridges: Walking to War
Captain Ervin Bridges spent much of his time in Vietnam struggling through jungles and rice paddies. Bridges remembered lying on the ground during a particularly bloody battle wondering to himself, “What the heck am I doing here? Why did I volunteer?” A native of Raleigh, NC, Bridges celebrated his 21st birthday on February 25, 1966 […]