The fall of Saigon taught me that you can’t control other people’s decisions—but you don’t have to sit in fear. You get to ...

If you view the Vietnam War purely through the prism of American defeat, you risk overlooking the deeper meaning of the ...

At the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington in May 2012, then-US president Barack Obama spoke of “honoring our Vietnam veterans by never forgetting the lessons of that war” — which included “that when ...

The Vietnam War was ending. Or was it? Today ... And the experience still holds pressing lessons, they add — lessons the nation seems not to have learned. American newspapers printed images of the ...

India, too, learnt this bitter lesson in Sri Lanka. Vietnam is a major reason why a country like the US, which has been at war throughout its existence, is today reluctant to invade other countries to ...

Chuck Van Voorhis, the owner of Vietnam Awareness Museum, hopes to teach the public about the personal experiences of ...

April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War. ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The ...

It seems the celebration of President Trump’s 100th day in office is more important than remembering the painful lessons of the Vietnam War ‒ which he managed to avoid. Healing will not come ...

One is a woman who continues to work to recover the remains of her father. Another is an anti-war stalwart who shares the lessons of the 1970 shootings at Kent State University. The third is a Vietnam ...

Most American presidents have learned the wrong lessons from the American War in Vietnam, as it is called there. The most recent presidential misstep is Donald Trump’s attempt to prevent U.S ...

Millions of U.S. troops fought in Vietnam. For some Americans, the war that effectively ended with the fall of Saigon 50 years ago Wednesday on April 30, 1975, continues to shape their lives.