Guides
The Tet Offensive of 1968 is often remembered through the fighting in Saigon, Hue, and Khe Sanh. Yet the opening attacks reached far beyond the most familiar…
Bear Cat was a U.S. Army base in South Vietnam’s III Corps Tactical Zone, located southeast of Saigon in the Long Binh–Bien Hoa area. During the Vietnam War,…
Military mail was a vital connection between troops in Vietnam and the people, units, and communities they had left behind. Letters, parcels, newspapers,…
An enlisted military police soldier assigned to the 18th Military Police Brigade occupied a position that was easy to overlook in photographs and difficult to…
The Cambodian Incursion of 1970 altered the tempo and geography of the Vietnam War. American and South Vietnamese forces moved against North Vietnamese Army…
The Saigon post exchange was more than a place to buy soap, coffee, clothing, records, or familiar American goods. It was a busy military facility where…
The 716th Military Police Battalion occupied a demanding place in the Vietnam War. Its soldiers guarded installations, escorted convoys, controlled movement,…
“Fragging” was the Vietnam-era term commonly used for the deliberate killing or attempted killing of a fellow service member, often an officer, with a…
An Khe was one of the most important American military installations in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. Positioned along the coastal plain and the approaches…
Military police service in Vietnam extended far beyond checkpoints, traffic control, prisoner handling, and investigations. MPs guarded airfields,…
