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Vietnam War

First to the Front: The Life of Dickey Chapelle

July 28, 2023 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians PodcastThis week on the Historians Podcast Lorissa Rinehart talks about her biography of female photojournalist and war correspondent Dickey Chapelle, First to the Front: The Untold Story of Dickey Chapelle, Trailblazing Female War Correspondent (St. Martin’s Press, 2023). [Read more…] about First to the Front: The Life of Dickey Chapelle

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Journalism, Marine Corps, Military History, Podcasts, Vietnam War, womens history

Teachable Moments Launch A New Book

May 13, 2023 by Noel Sherry Leave a Comment

Autobiographies are by far the most popular genre in literature. My experience mentoring over 150 adults in completing and sharing a “Life Map” project in a supportive group reinforces this fact. For many of these adults, their Life Map turned out to be one of their best learning experiences. And that in spite of the fact that for about eight percent of adults this “experiment” in self-writing and exploration came up against a “darkside event” or difficult life-chapter that put up a real roadblock. [Read more…] about Teachable Moments Launch A New Book

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Capital-Saratoga, New York City Tagged With: Adirondacks, Big Moose, Herkimer COunty, Literature, Religion, Rensselaer County, RPI, Staten Island, Troy, Twitchell Lake, Vietnam War, Writing

NY’s Air National Guard in the Vietnam War

April 16, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New York Air National Guard 1st Lt Harry W Roberts Jr during the Vietnam WarThe Air National Guard began flights regularly in 1966 to support Military Airlift Command operations to Japan and South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Other Air Guard elements supported aeromedical evacuation flights across the country to free up active duty Air Force resources for similar missions in Southeast Asia between 1965 and 1969. [Read more…] about NY’s Air National Guard in the Vietnam War

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Events, History Tagged With: Air Force History, Air National Guard, Aviation History, Empire State Aerosciences Museum, Military History, New York National Guard, Vietnam War

Helicopter Heroine: French General Valerie Andre

April 7, 2023 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

Valérie André is one of the great military aviators of the twentieth century. She was the first woman to fly a helicopter in combat and one of the first three helicopter medevac pilots. Flying more than 150 helicopter rescue missions during the French war in Indochina (including at Dien Bien Phu), and parachuting into the field twice, André was a trailblazer, a pioneer of flying helicopters in combat and an innovator of battlefield medicine, who risked her life to treat the wounded, whether they were French or Vietnamese, whether they were friend, civilian, or foe. [Read more…] about Helicopter Heroine: French General Valerie Andre

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Aviation History, French History, Medical History, Military History, Podcasts, Vietnam War, womens history

Active Dissent: 1970s College Protests in New York

January 31, 2023 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Active Dissent - 1970s College ProtestsOn May 8th, 1972, New Paltz students went from dorm to dorm at the state university, pulling fire alarms, their reaction quick and spontaneous. Few students had television sets, but word spread quickly about President Nixon’s broadcast announcing he had ordered the mining of North Vietnam ports.

Just hours after Nixon’s address, around midnight, the college’s assistant director of housing placed a frantic call to campus security. [Read more…] about Active Dissent: 1970s College Protests in New York

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Columbia University, Cornell University, Education, New Paltz, New York State Archives, NY Archives Magazine, Political History, Richard Nixon, State Police, SUNY New Paltz, Vietnam War

The Agent Orange Trial: Long Island Legal History

August 26, 2021 by Chris Kretz Leave a Comment

long island history project logoWe finish out our special three-part series on Long Island’s Vietnam veterans by looking at a second battle they faced in the years after the war: the effects of Agent Orange. By the late 1970s the effects of this chemical defoliant were becoming known and veterans began to mobilize. [Read more…] about The Agent Orange Trial: Long Island Legal History

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Long Island, Medical History, Military History, Podcasts, Vietnam War

Vietnam War Oral History Subject of Long Island History Project

July 17, 2021 by Chris Kretz Leave a Comment

long island history project logoOn the next few episodes of the Long Island History Project, we are revisiting the Vietnam War through the eyes of three local residents, each with their own perspective on the conflict and its devastating aftermath. Today we hear from Oyster Bay resident Jack Parente who was drafted out of college and served in the Army’s 1st Calvary Division. These stories come to us through the work of historian Christopher Verga, who has been recording oral histories with veterans throughout the region. Chris walks us through Jack’s life as well as the process of conducting this type of historical research. [Read more…] about Vietnam War Oral History Subject of Long Island History Project

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Long Island, Military History, Oral History, Podcasts, Vietnam War

Historian Jill Lepore On Data Mining and Voter Manipulation

April 20, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

if thenBook purchases made through this link support New York Almanack’s mission to report new publications relevant to New York State.

Jill Lepore’s book, If Then: How the Simulmatics Corporation Invented the Future (Liveright, 2020) is an account of the Cold War origins of the data-obsessed, algorithmic twenty-first century.

Launched in 1959 by some of the nation’s leading social scientists, the Simulmatics Corporation mined data, targeted voters, manipulated consumers, destabilized politics, and disordered knowledge ― decades before Facebook, Google, and Cambridge Analytica. [Read more…] about Historian Jill Lepore On Data Mining and Voter Manipulation

Filed Under: Books, History, New York City Tagged With: Books, Political History, politics, Science History, Social History, Social Media, Vietnam War

Westmoreland: West Point’s Controversial Graduate

September 26, 2019 by Chuck Howlett Leave a Comment

general westmoreland plaque

The grounds and buildings occupying the hallowed landscape of the United States Military Academy at West Point are adorned with statutes, plaques, and pictures of many of the nation’s most famous military leaders. The cemetery is a veritable who’s who of those who fought in our nation’s wars. Statutes of Patton, Eisenhower, and MacArthur stand outside West Point’s Library, Dining Hall, and Parade Grounds.

Inside Eisenhower Hall are pictures of some of its most notable graduates, including one who is often labeled one of the most controversial generals in American military history. There is also a plaque in his honor at Thayer Hall, the building that is named after the Academy’s first Superintendent, Sylvanus Thayer. [Read more…] about Westmoreland: West Point’s Controversial Graduate

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Military History, Vietnam War, West Point, World War Two

A Trauma Surgeon Remembers the Vietnam War

November 17, 2017 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week on The Historians Podcast, Gus Kappler, M.D., recounts his service in Vietnam as described in his book, Welcome Home from Vietnam Finally: A Vietnam Trauma Surgeon’s Memoir.

Listen to the podcast here.     [Read more…] about A Trauma Surgeon Remembers the Vietnam War

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Books, Podcasts, Vietnam War

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