Read more Vietnam War stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10316/vietnam-war.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 9:53:17 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73809/best-war-movies-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn honor of Veterans Day, the Huffington Post runs down the best war movies of all time: Apocalypse Now: Vietnam War From Here to Eternity: Pearl Harbor Patton: World War II Braveheart: Scotland’s battle for independence Lawrence of Arabia: World War I Band of Brothers: World War II (and, yes,...http://www.newser.com/story/73809/best-war-movies-ever.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 19:29:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72886/in-obamas-dover-trip-echoes-of-nixon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama’s predawn trip to welcome home fallen Americans today has echoes of Richard Nixon’s 4am stroll to the Lincoln Memorial in 1970, hours before a huge anti-war protest. “What both Obama and Nixon had in common was that a war kept them awake,” Amy Davidson writes, noting, “There’s something...http://www.newser.com/story/72886/in-obamas-dover-trip-echoes-of-nixon.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 21:00:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71119/vietnam-books-playing-key-role-in-afghan-war-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA pair of books on the Vietnam War—one on why America should never have gotten involved, and one on how it could have won—are providing the framework for the Washington debate over Afghanistan strategy, insiders say. Lessons in Disaster, which describes how the White House was pushed into...http://www.newser.com/story/71119/vietnam-books-playing-key-role-in-afghan-war-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 8:24:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69086/iconic-vietnam-war-survivor-a-symbol-of-hope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen Kim Phuc was only 9, she unintentionally played a part in ending the Vietnam War. Nick Ut of the AP photographed Phuc running naked from a napalm attack in which she was horribly burned. She wasn't expected to survive, but survive she did, with the help of Ut, who...http://www.newser.com/story/69086/iconic-vietnam-war-survivor-a-symbol-of-hope.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 15:25:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67493/calley-apologizes-for-my-lai-massacre.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagForty years after the infamous My Lai massacre came to light, the former Army officer who led the raid has for the first time spoken publicly about his actions. William Calley, who ordered his soldiers to gun down hundreds of civilians in the Vietnamese village of My Lai in 1968,...http://www.newser.com/story/67493/calley-apologizes-for-my-lai-massacre.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 22 Aug 2009 6:20:49 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67275/stone-takes-on-secret-history-of-america.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOliver Stone is nothing if not ambitious. According to the Hollywood Reporter , the director is prepping a 10-part documentary series entitled Secret History of America, which promises to examine important but under-reported events from the past 60 years. Stone, who will provide the narration himself, calls the Showtime project “the...http://www.newser.com/story/67275/stone-takes-on-secret-history-of-america.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 14:30:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67157/reenactors-take-on-vietnam-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRevolutionary and Civil War reenactments are a familiar sight—but now, one of the most controversial wars in US history is in reruns, the AP reports. Houston, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania have all hosted Vietnam war reenactments. “We do it to honor these guys and to tell them, 'You weren't forgotten,...http://www.newser.com/story/67157/reenactors-take-on-vietnam-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 9:49:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65287/cronkite-as-vp-it-nearly-happened.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA lot of things would have been better in America if Walter Cronkite had been elected vice president in 1972, writes Frank Mankiewicz in the Washington Post , and it could have happened. Mankiewicz was the political director for George McGovern’s campaign, and, “armed with a poll showing Walter Cronkite to...http://www.newser.com/story/65287/cronkite-as-vp-it-nearly-happened.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 25 Jul 2009 10:08:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65250/agent-orange-linked-to-risk-of-parkinsons-heart-disease.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagExposure to Agent Orange appears to increase the risk of developing heart disease and Parkinson’s, a congressionally mandated report says. The carcinogenic defoliant has not been definitively linked with the illnesses, but a professor who led the report says there is “limited or suggestive evidence of an association." More evidence...http://www.newser.com/story/65250/agent-orange-linked-to-risk-of-parkinsons-heart-disease.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 15:11:02 CDT