A lot of famous directors begin their careers by making weird, experimental films. For instance, there’s the case of Martin Scorsese and his odd, six-minute film The Big Shave that he made in 1967. It had an alternative title, Viet ’67, because it was apparently a metaphor for the war in Vietnam, even though the […]
On his second day in office, President…
On his second day in office, President Jimmy Carter pardoned all evaders of the Vietnam War drafts. 10
In 1975 $10 million worth of Huey helicopters had…
In 1975 $10 million worth of Huey helicopters had to be pushed off the flight deck of the USS Midway and into the sea to make way for the emergency landing of an aircraft with Vietnamese evacuees on board.
The former Prime Minister of Vietnam moved…
The former Prime Minister of Vietnam moved to Orange County after the war, where he opened and ran a liquor store.
A US cargo plane crashed while moving children from Vietnam…
A US cargo plane crashed while moving children from Vietnam. American businessman Robert Macauley heard that it would take over a week to evacuate the survivors, so he chartered a Boeing 747 and arranged for 300 orphaned children to leave the country, paying for the trip by mortgaging his house.
Declassified documents prove the US used “Cloud…
Declassified documents prove the US used “Cloud Seeding” to extend the monsoon season during the Vietnam War.
The U.S. government spent years holding fake…
The U.S. government spent years holding fake arrival ceremonies honoring the return of American soldiers killed in WWII, Vietnam, and Korea to American soil, but the planes were actually empty. The ceremonies were known by staff as “The Big Lie.”
In 1962 the Sigma war games predicted that…
In 1962 the Sigma war games predicted that American intervention in the Vietnam War would be unsuccessful.
In the ’60s, the C.I.A. paid Vietnamese spies with merchandise…
In the ’60s, the C.I.A. paid Vietnamese spies with merchandise from mail-order Sears catalogs, since they had little use for paper money
Operation Wandering Soul, also known as “Ghost Tape Number 10”, was…
Operation Wandering Soul, also known as “Ghost Tape Number 10”, was an audio mix the US military used for psychological operations in the Vietnam War against the North Vietnamese. It played deeply on the Vietnamese belief of ancestor worship, spirits and the afterlife.The Wandering Soul was played on loudspeakers installed on helicopters, PCF boats or […]