Vietnam 1968 Archives - R. Lawson Author https://rlawsonauthor.com/tag/vietnam-1968/ Intelligent Thrillers Mon, 06 Apr 2020 16:28:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 55015724 The Vietnam War Revisited- Part XVI- Coming Apart at the Seams https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-revisited-part-xvi-coming-apart-at-the-seams/ https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-revisited-part-xvi-coming-apart-at-the-seams/#comments Sat, 16 Nov 2019 21:45:59 +0000 http://rlawsonauthor.com/?p=1039 I recall 1968 as one of the most chaotic years of my lifetime. A year or so prior, I had come back to San Francisco to complete my surgical residency following my USAF air evacuation experience in Vietnam as a flight surgeon. I was greeted with a wild, mindboggling “cultural revolution”, full-blown anti-war protests, and […]

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]]> https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-revisited-part-xvi-coming-apart-at-the-seams/feed/ 6 1039 The Vietnam War Revisited- Part XV – No Way Out https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-revisited-part-xv-no-way-out/ https://rlawsonauthor.com/the-vietnam-war-revisited-part-xv-no-way-out/#comments Sun, 03 Nov 2019 15:30:31 +0000 http://rlawsonauthor.com/?p=1046 Previous blogs discussed LBJ’s failed efforts to get the North Vietnamese to capitulate following Operation Rolling Thunder’s graduated bombing of targets in North Vietnam. Why did they fail?  Our 7th Air Force pilots flying Wild Weasel missions quickly noted many vital targets were off-limits. They complained to command they were bombing the wrong targets, nonessential […]

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