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Vietnam War Documents

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• 1960 to 1968 Part I
• 1960 to 1968 Part II
• 1960 to 1968 Part III
• 1969 to 1970
• 1971 to 1973 Part I
• 1971 to 1973 Part II

• The Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 1, Chapter I, "Background to the Crisis, 1940-50," pp. 1-52, (Boston: Beacon Press, 1971)
• The Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 2, Chapter I, "The Kennedy Commitments and Programs, 1961," pp. 1-39, (Boston: Beacon Press, 1971)
• The Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 3, Chapter 1, "U.S. Programs in South Vietnam, Nov. 1963-Apr. 1965," pp. 1-105, (Boston: Beacon Press, 1971)
• The Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 4, Chapter I, "The Air War in North Vietnam, 1965-1968," pp. 1-276, (Boston: Beacon Press, 1971)

A critique of U.S. Army tactics and command practices in the small combat unit digested from historical research of main fighting operations from May, 1966 to February, 1967.

The material presented in this document was prepared by Brigadier General S. L. A. Marshall, U.S.Army, Retired, and Lieutenant Colonel David H. Hackworth, Infantry. Foreward by HAROLD K. JOHNSON, General, United States Army, Chief of Staff

Click here to read more about the U.S. Army Vietnam Combat Artists, and artist Jim Pollock

The National Constitution Center (NCC) in Philadelphia is mounting a major exhibit called ART OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER. One of the components of the exhibit is a WEB GALLERY which is open to any former soldier, any branch of any era that has current or past art relating to their military experience.

NCC main web site located at http://constitutioncenter.org/. Click on the ART OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER box to go to the online gallery and get an overview of the show

To submit your art go to the submit page http://constitutioncenter.org/artOfTheAmericanSoldier/website/forms/submit.aspx. Tell a little about the art and your experience in the text part of the submit form.

To view the online gallery go to http://constitutioncenter.org/artOfTheAmericanSoldier/website/gallery/timeline.aspx

You can view the posted artwork of Vietnam Veterans Randall, Fairrington and Pollock by going to the gallery http://constitutioncenter.org/artOfTheAmericanSoldier/website/gallery/timeline.aspx. To search by artists put in their last name.

MATA Handbook for Vietnam, January 1966 (Revised)

U.S. complicity in the overthrow of South Vietnam's president made it impossible to stay uninvolved in the war. This article was written by Colonel William Wilson, U.S. Army (ret.) and was originally published in the April 1997 issue of Vietnam Magazine

The Lies of Tet, published in the Wall Street Journal, February 6, 2008, by Arthur Herman. Arthur Herman is the author of "Ghandi and Churchill: The Epic Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age," published by Bantam Dell

The First Tet Offensive of 1789, by Spencer C. Tucker. The original Tet Offensive in 1789 was a masterpiece of surprise that became the model for the 1968 attack.

Tet 1968 - "I WAS THERE AND THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WAS," by Leonard Magruder, October 23, 2006. In the 60's-70's, my thing was walking out in the middle of a campus anti-war protest and handing out literature showing that they were idiots. One of these protests took place at the University of Nevada in 1968, the year of the Tet Offensive. Vets returning home told me the media was lying about it coming and going.

From the archives of Vietnam Veterans for Academic Reform, Leonard Magruder, Founder/President, Former professor of psychology - Suffolk College, N.Y., Member: National Association of Scholars.