Posted: May 17, 2024 Slug: NR-Vietnam-War-movie-Summerhouse-filming-in-Danbury Joseph TucciNew Haven Register, Conn.(TNS) May 17—The creators of a new film that chronicles the journey of a young man who questions his loyalties during the Vietnam War draft are looking to fill out the cast with actors from around Connecticut. The movie will... Read more
Andrew SheelerThe Sacramento Bee(TNS) ‘JANE FONDA DAY:’ JUST DESSERTS OR JUST A DEBACLE? On April 30, 1975, Saigon fell, bringing an end to the Vietnam War — a brutal conflict that saw the deaths of tens of thousands of American service members and millions of Vietnamese soldiers and civilians. On April 30, 2024,... Read more
Michael KleinThe Philadelphia Inquirer(TNS) Apr. 29—National Park Service rangers in the historic district field questions all day from visitors. One of the most-asked is: “Where is Tun Tavern?” In 1775, the Tun was the birthplace of what became the U.S. Marine Corps, hosting sign-ups by the Delaware River at what is now Penn’s... Read more
TikTok users have reportedly discovered the manifesto of Osama Bin Laden twenty-two years after its release— and the outcome isn’t what you’d suspect. The sudden rash of “aware” TikTokers have been trending on both the Chinese social media platform as well as on Twitter/X, particularly in relation to how... Read more
By Andy Wolf It’s no secret that the Central Intelligence Agency is the home of dirty tricks, espionage, and questionable activities to achieve dubious means. From declassified documents outlining their clandestine deeds to being caught in the act, the CIA is the embodiment of the phrase “Exitus Acta Probat”... Read more
Canada’s leader of the opposition, Pierre Poilievre, launched a scathing attack at Prime Minister Justice Trudeau, alleging that he “personally met with and honoured” a veteran who fought for the Nazis during World War II.
William Laird’s grave sits in a copse of trees, down an unmarked dirt road in Berwick, overlooking hayfields he worked during the first half of the 19th century.
In Fort Benning, Georgia, there stands a statue of one of America’s finest infantrymen. During his life, he embodied the very essence of the American hero archetype, from fighting against waves of communist soldiers as a young officer in Vietnam to sacrificing himself in an attempt to evacuate people... Read more
Mike Chartier found this portrait of Philip Freneau, the poet of the American Revolution, after doing some extensive sleuthing. The painting is now returned to Matawan and is shown in Chartier’s home Monday, February 22, 2021 Mike UrbanReading Eagle, Pa.(TNS) Sep. 7—Kutztown University is the new home of an... Read more
As he sits in a military prison, condemned to die for killing 13 people in a 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, you might think the state of his beard wouldn’t be Nidal Hasan’s top concern.
