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‘Kissinger’s Betrayal’: New Book Explains Why South Vietnam Fell

Commentary Analyses of the U.S. failure in Vietnam seem to have a target-rich environment for obloquy and blame for strategic malpractice. There are two fundamental debates: first, whether the United States could have won the conflict; second, who was to blame for the loss. Often blamed are President Lyndon Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert…


​​​Daniel Ellsberg, RIP

Commentary Daniel Ellsberg has died at age 92. I’m not sure where the cut-off line would be between Americans of a certain age who remember Ellsberg’s turn in the national spotlight in the early 1970s and those who might never have heard of him. My guess is that the cut-off age would be in the…


Flag Day Celebration Commemorates Veterans at Risk of Suicide

Yorba Linda, Calif.—Orange County Supervisor Don Wagner joined a local nonprofit on June 14 for Flag Day at the Nixon Library and Museum to commemorate and advocate for U.S. veterans and first responders suffering from suicidal ideation and other mental health struggles. “The scourge of veteran suicide is very real,” Wagner said during the event….


Nixon Library Honors Vietnam War POWs With New Exhibit and Air Force Fly Over

YORBA LINDA, Calif.—Along several blocks of Yorba Linda Boulevard, hundreds of people gathered May 23 waving American flags as Vietnam War veterans drove past them in classic sports cars and large touring buses traveling towards the Nixon Library to celebrate its latest exhibit: “CAPTURED, Shot Down in Vietnam.” “This event for our Vietnam vets is…


Community Honors Vietnam War Veterans at Newburgh Ceremony

Around 170 Vietnam War veterans from the Hudson Valley region were honored for their services during a ceremony at the Newburgh Armory Unity Center on April 2. It is the second such event in the region, which will be hosted annually until 2025 to honor as many veterans and surviving family members as possible, according…


National Vietnam War Veterans Day Honored at Nixon Library With Unveiling of New Statue

YORBA LINDA, Calif.—Over 100 people gathered at the Nixon Library March 29 to celebrate National Vietnam War Veterans Day including the installation of a life-sized bronze statue of a Vietnam War era Marine trudging forward into battle. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, which brought an end…


While His Classmates Were at Prom, He Fought in World War II: Major Billy C. Hall

When Major Billy C. Hall left high school to fight in WWII, he was so young that his recruiter had to lie about the vet’s age on his application. “Men like [Hall] aren’t just ‘the greatest generation,’” friend and fellow veteran Dwight Hanson said. “They’re ‘men of legend.’” With 27 years of service spanning three…


Film Review: ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’: A Tad Long but Certainly Worth Your Time

R | 2h 7min | Drama, Comedy, Adventure | 30 September 2022 (USA) Even before filming began on the final installment of the “High School Musical” franchise in 2008, Zac Efron began the arduous task of battling typecasting and for the most part, he’s achieved that goal. Wanting to avoid the fate of virtually all other heartthrob/pin-up boys that came before him,…


Atheist Oncologist Returns to Faith While Treating Cancer Patients: Science Proves the Existence of Higher Power

Dr. Stephen Iacoboni is part of the baby boomer generation. Born in 1952, he came of age during the 1960s when the country was flushed in the bubble of the ideal American Dream. “I was raised as a Roman Catholic, and I was very faithful,” said Iacoboni, “but there are some inherent contradictions with Christianity,…


Book Review: ‘The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American Commitment to Vietnam’

There are many things we don’t understand and may never know about the Vietnam War. One of those things that we will definitely never know for certain is whether John F. Kennedy Jr. would have continued the war had he been re-elected. In Marc J. Selverstone’s upcoming book, “The Kennedy Withdrawal: Camelot and the American…