VFW Magazine Honors BRAVO!
September/October 2026 VFW Magazine Cover We are proud to announce the September/October 2026 issue of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) national magazine published a wonderful article about Bravo!...
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Bravo Company Squad at Khe Sanh Combat BasePhoto courtesy of Mike McCauley You hear people talk about moments of sublimity, moments when for a short time, they saw into a bigger arena than the...
View ArticleA Short and Tumultuous Tour
Ron ReesPhoto by Betty Rodgers In our last blog we wrote about incoming rounds of mortar, rocket and artillery fire from the NVA surrounding Khe Sanh. One of the worst nights I remember happened when,...
View ArticleBetter Them Than Me
Trench at Khe Sanh Combat Base. Photo courtesy of Dan Horton. March 6, 1968 Fifty-eight years ago, we stood in a knot in the trench outside a dark hatch into a bunker. We talked. Incoming had been...
View ArticleI Think It Broke All of Our Hearts
Khe Sanh, Vietnam (1968)Vietnam War.Credit: 1968 Robert Ellison/Black Star This morning, and frankly, many mornings every week, month, and year over the past fifty-eight years, I think of what happened...
View ArticleBoocoo
Photo courtesy of David Douglas Duncan In my most recent entry to this blog, I talked about my inability, even after the horror of January 21, 1968’s attack on Khe Sanh, to believe that it was more...
View ArticlePrelude to the Siege of Khe Sanh
Marine at Siege of Khe Sanh. Photo courtesy of Robert Ellison/Blackstar Early in the morning of January 21, 1968, the North Vietnamese attacked US facilities all around the base at Khe Sanh. It had...
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“Thank you for your service” handshake Since Veterans Day, I’ve been thinking a lot about service: the kinds of service, who served, and the term, “Thank you for your service.” When a man my age sits...
View Article250th Marine Corps Birthday
Producer Ken Rodgers holding a personalized flag gifted to him by wood craftsman and fellow Vietnam Veteran Larry Fleming. Photo by Betty Rodgers Today is the 250th birthday of the United States Marine...
View ArticleOn David Aldrich, The Wall, and Khe Sanh
David A. Aldrich By Ken Rodgers In our previous blog, we posted a memory of a Marine killed in action at the Siege of Khe Sanh. It’s been almost fifty-eight years since the siege, and the men who...
View ArticleVFW Magazine Honors BRAVO!
Cover of September/October 2026 VFW Magazine Cover We are proud to announce the September/October 2026 issue of the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) national magazine published a wonderful article about...
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