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Operation Bright Light Part Two
During the Vietnam War the US military conducted a centralized effort to identify, locate, and rescue its POW/MIAs. Code-Name Bright Light. This program was designed to provide the identities and locations of American Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action. While the program succeeded in freeing hundreds of captive South Vietnamese soldiers, it resulted… →
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Operation Bright Light
During the Vietnam War the US military conducted a centralized effort to identify, locate, and rescue its POW/MIAs. Code-Name Bright Light. This program was designed to provide the identities and locations of American Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action. While the program succeeded in freeing hundreds of captive South Vietnamese soldiers it resulted… →
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The Role of the “Advisor” – Vietnam
Americans have served in ‘advisory’ roles throughout many countries in the world. In the 1960s with the advent of the Peace Corps Americans have worked in many-many countries throughout the world trying to improve the lot of the people living there. Vietnam was no different. If there was a difference it was the fact that… →
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“If I’ve Told You Once I’ve Told You a Thousand Times….”
The Plain of Reeds is a vast inland wetland. Most of the area we are discussing is now a part of Long An Province and Đồng Tháp Province in the country of Vietnam. When I was stationed there our province was called Kien Tuong with the Provincial Capital at the town of Moc Hoa (Moc Loi in… →
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The Ambush at Nhon-Nhin-Three
Good morning and Happy 4th of July! Note to my readers. Sometimes a good story just doesn’t seem to fit in a novel. It either adds to many pages to a chapter or requires the reader to shift gears to understand the placement of the story. This happened to be one of those forgotten stories.… →
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The CORDS Program
In my books dealing with my time as an Advisor in Vietnam, I often talk about the CORDS Program. So, what was CORDS and where did I fit in as an Advisor and as a part of CORDS? CORDS stood for – Civil Operations and Rural Development Support. It was a pacification program of the… →