Explore the broad history of America’s Brown-Water Navy in Vietnam, from Market Time and Game Warden to the Mobile Riverine Force, Seawolves, SEALORDS, and Vietnamization.
Most histories of Hiroshima begin at 8:15 on the morning of August 6, 1945. They begin with the open bomb-bay doors of the Enola Gay, the falling shape of Little Boy, and the flash that transformed a city into the first battlefield of the atomic age.
On August 4, 1969, Chief Warrant Officer James Howard Owens Jr. climbed into the rear cockpit of AH-1G Cobra 66-15272 at a forward position in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam.
Ghosts of the Battlefield preserves and restores military artifacts, then reconnects veterans with the equipment and memories of their service again.
Hollywood’s brightest star, 100,000 cheering servicemen, and the visit Hawkeye Pierce invented
Vietnam-era Navy SEALs wore blue jeans and even pantyhose, adapting their clothing to survive the mud, leeches, and jungles of the Mekong Delta.
Tony Packo’s shows how an ordinary place can become a symbol of home, helping service members endure hardship while keeping history alive.
