Vietnam

telegram from Ho Chi Minh to Harry Truman

Telegram From Ho Chi Minh to Harry Truman

This is an interesting bit of history that we dug up at the National Archives. It’s a telegram from Ho Chi Minh to Harry Truman from February 28th, 1946.
Wounded servicemen arriving from Vietnam at Andrews Air Force Base

Soldier Wounded in Vietnam, Arrives at Andrews

This is a powerful photograph from March 8th, 1968. After our Andrews AFB post this morning, we did a little digging for some photographs. This one shows a wounded serviceman is being carried off a military...
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