Memoirs From Nam

C-130A-II spy plane, similar to the Silver Dawn C-130B-IIs Kevin Critzer: CJ, I just got this forwarded to me from a service friend....

Fire Base Kathryn, Vietnam War by Byron Edgington I’ll never forget my first girl. I’ll never forget Kathryn, either. Kathryn—the ...

by CJ Heck The following question has brought a mountain of varied responses since its April 3, 2016  posting on Memoirs From Nam:   ...

Barrels of Agent Orange by Frank Fox After I came home from Vietnam, I worked for many years in the Environmental Health and Safety ...

Nui Ba Den, Black Virgin Mountain, Nov. '67 In late 1967, Pope Paul VI declared January 1 a day of peace and persuaded the South Vie...

Christmas in Khe Sanh by Bill Cowan When Christmas Day finally arrived, the division headquarters sent cases of hardboiled eggs and e...

Monsoon Season During Vietnam War This is the peak of the monsoon season in South Vietnam. It is miserable in the jungle....

Frank Fox By Frank Fox A hand salute to all who served. From a different perspective, I didn't realize until I had children o...

My Mother's Machine Gun - M-60 In October of 1967 my unit, the fabled 506th Airborne Infantry Regiment of World War II Band of Broth...

Lawrence "War Hippy" Blouir by Lawrence "WarHippy" Blouir I don't imagine this article will help me win any...

Charles "Chuckie" Jenkins He left in February, and by early June,  he was dead.  June 10, 1965 to be exact, sometime after mi...

Boots at The Wall As a Vietnam Veteran, I share many feelings with so many others. We all served our country at a time when many of...

Michael Lansford I remember it was late November, cold and raining. The monsoon season had really set in. Everyone was miserable. Nothin...

Michael Lansford I thought today I would write about how we celebrated holidays in The Nam -- our way of celebrating the 'real wor...