Vietnam battles Archives - R. Lawson Author

My Office in Vietnam

R Lawson — Wed, 01 May 2019 21:37:47 +0000

The personal reflection below of his Vietnam experience was sent to me by a Marine A4 combat pilot who flew over a hundred close air support (CAS) missions in the war during 1968/69. He was awarded two DFC’s for his heroic service. We played golf together for years before he told me that fact last […]

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Vietnam War’s Operation “Rolling Thunder”

R Lawson — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 03:44:10 +0000

– Operation “Rolling Thunder” – Why keep writing blogs about a war from over fifty years ago? Because my generation owes it to the current generation to pass on what we learned, or failed to learn in order to not to repeat the same mistakes. Half of our population was not even born then, and […]

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Vietnam – “The Road Not Taken”

R Lawson — Sun, 15 Apr 2018 22:22:53 +0000

That was the title of Max Boot’s recent biography of Edward Lansdale, the famous CIA operative in the clandestine war in the Philippines before his participation in the Vietnam War. Lansdale played a vital role in propping up Diem’s government in Saigon in the 1950s and the 1960s. The book documents his covert operations and […]

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“Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics”

R Lawson — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 14:43:37 +0000

Below is an excerpt from the Epilogue in my novel, RECALL. The Vietnam War’s aftermath led to ingrained mindsets and perpetuated confused perceptions lasting decades and into the present. It’s difficult to unravel the complex issues, determine what’s relative, what’s credible in the fog of a war with so many conflicting versions and opinions preserved […]

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More Reflections on the Vietnam War

R Lawson — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:00:27 +0000

Reflections on Vietnam Looking back fifty years ago to the 1968 North Vietnamese Tet offensive, I decided to write a series of blogs to jar the memory of those who lived though that era and who may not recall some of the facts and statistics of that controversial conflict. Plus, half of our current population […]

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Hue -1968: The Beginning of the End of the War in Vietnam?

R Lawson — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 21:02:16 +0000

Hue 1968: The Beginning of the End? During the Chinese New Year, Tet ’68, The North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and the Viet Cong (VC) launched a major offensive in South Vietnam on January 30th. They hoped to spark a general uprising of the local inhabitants, cause Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) defections, and […]

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