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Originally from Hawaii, Patrick Naughton is a United States Army officer and a Military Historian. He is currently teaching at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 2012, he received the Army’s General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award. He has had unique opportunities to serve as an Interagency Fellow with the Department of Labor, a Legislative Liaison to the U.S. Senate, and a Congressional Partnership Program Fellow with the Partnership for a Secure America—all in Washington, D.C. He also served as a Senior Leadership Fellow with the Center for Junior Officers at West Point. Patrick holds a Master of Military Arts and Science degree in History from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, where he was recognized as an Art of War Scholar. He also holds a Master of Science in Crisis and Emergency Management and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History, both from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he was named an Army ROTC Distinguished Military Graduate. Patrick Naughton’s first book, “Born from War: A Soldier’s Quest to Understand Vietnam, Iraq, and the Generational Impact of Conflict,” is now available in hardcover or eBook format through Amazon, directly from Casemate Publishers, and from a variety of other booksellers. The book compares his father’s time in Vietnam with the 82nd Airborne and advising the South Vietnamese Army, to Patrick’s own experience during the Global War on Terror and in Iraq. Though decades of history and politics separate their service, the similarities between their experiences are undeniably striking. The result is an engaging and eye-opening narrative that weaves together the combat experiences of two generations of soldiers. From the failure of grand strategies to personal combat stories, the memories of those lost, and the evolving social challenges facing today’s military—America’s wars against communism and terror are laid bare through the lens of one family’s service.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nick Kaldas is an Australian law enforcement legend with a career spanning over 40 years. From undercover ops and hostage negotiations, to rebuilding Iraq’s police force post Saddam Hussein, Nick has seen it all. In this episode of Crime Insiders Detectives, Nick shares jaw-dropping stories from the front lines with host Brent Sanders. He'll reveal the emotional toll of policing, the brutal reality of insurgency, and the silent crisis of veteran mental health. This episode has descriptions of violent crime and suicide. If you or anyone you know needs assistance, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode I'm joined by Dr. Rob Thompson to talk about the Vietnam War and how that conflict is connected to World War II. This is a more conversational episode because I don't know as much about Vietnam and Rob is a friend of mine. As he explains early on, Vietnam at this time in 1943 was known as French Indochina, and things get really complicated and messy. But this is another example of how it is next to impossible to study this period in isolation, and how the Second World War had an impact everywhere. Links Dr. Rob Thompson (https://www.drrobthompson.com/) Clear, Hold, and Destroy: Pacification in Phú Yên and the American War in Vietnam by Dr. Rob Thompson (https://www.amazon.com/Clear-Hold-Destroy-Pacification-American/dp/0806168692/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=clear+hold+and+destroy&qid=1606574614&sr=8-1) Links from the US Army Center of Military History The US Army Before Vietnam 1953-1965 (https://history.army.mil/html/books/076/76-3/index.html) Vietnam Studies: Allied Participation in Vietnam (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-5-1/index.html) Vietnam Studies: Base Development 1965-1970 (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-6/index.html) Vietnam Studies: The Development and Training of the South Vietnamese Army, 1950-1972 (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-10/index.html) Vietnam Studies: Financial Management of the Vietnam Conflict, 1962-1972 (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-13/index.html) Vietnam Studies: Law at War - Vietnam 1964-1973 (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-14/index.html) Vietnam Studies: Medical Support 1965-1970 (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-16/index.html) Vietnam Studies: Mounted Combat in Vietnam (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-17-1/index.html) Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-28-1/index.html) Judge Advocates in Combat: Army Lawyers in Military Operations from Vietnam to Haiti (https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-77/index.html) Seven Firefights in Vietnam (https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-4/index.html) Vietnam from Cease-Fire to Capitulation (https://history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-29/index.html) US Army CMH Publications Catalog (⁠https://history.army.mil/catalog/browse/title.html⁠) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mother-of-tanks/message

Two fo the first US Solderis taken captive by the communists in Vietnam were to advisors to the South Vietnamese Army, First Lieutenant Nick Rowe and Captain Rocky Versace. One of these men worked so hard to keep up the moral of other US prisoners that the North decided to summarily execute him. The other refused to give up and after five years, finally escaped and regained his freedom.In part one of their dramatic story, we see where they came from, what brought them together, and what they were doing when they were captured.The introduction and transition music heard on the podcast is composed and recorded by the eldest Ghosts of Arlington, Jr. While the rest of his catalogue is quite different from what he's performed for me, you can find his music on bandcamp.com under the names Caladrius and Bloodfeather.As always, a very special thanks to Mountain Up Cap Company for its continued help to spread the word about the podcast on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/MountainUpCapCompany Climb to Glory!For more information about the podcast visit: ·       The GoA website: https://www.ghostsofarlingtonpodcast.com    ·       Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ghostsofarlingtonpodcast·       Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArlingtonGhosts·       Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostsofarlington/ 

Summary - A First Person Perspective of the First Battle of Loc Ninh, Vietnam mereliberty.com/038 My father died a two weeks ago today, March 21st. It was expected, as he suffered for many years from COPD. In 2011, he composed a brief memoir. This was meant as catharsis for therapy we was receiving for PTSD he had suffered from his service in Vietnam. Prior to this, and for my whole life to this point, all we knew about my dad was that he had “shell shock” from time Vietnam - and so we didn't talk about it. In his memory, I've put that memoir to narration. Initially, this has been planned only for my family. But as I dug into his story a bit, I realized, that my father was part of a major battle that has historical significance. And so, with permission from my mother, I'm publishing it here for my listeners. I've snagged a description from Wikipedia about the battle and it's context. It reads: “The First Battle of Loc Ninh was a battle during the Vietnam War that occurred between 29 October and 7 November 1967, fought by the Viet Cong, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), Civilian Irregular Defense Group (a military program developed by the CIA of South Vietnamese to counter Viet Cong), and the United States Army. The battle was part of the Operation Shenandoah II campaign. This battle represented the first time that North Vietnamese Communists (headquartered in South Vietnam) had coordinated attacks from different divisions, and was intended as "rehearsal" to experiment with urban-fighting techniques to be used for the Tet Offensive. Their operational goals were in part, to draw US and ARVN forces away from the cities in an upsurge of activity, in preparation for the Tet Offensive the next year. The Tet Offensive was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. It was launched on January 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the United States Armed Forces and their allies. It was a campaign of surprise attacks against military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam. The name is the truncated version of the Lunar New Year festival name in Vietnamese, Tết Nguyên Đán, (tet win dawn) with the offense chosen during a holiday period as most ARVN personnel were on leave. The purpose of the wide-scale offensive by the Hanoi Politburo was to trigger political instability, in a belief that mass armed assault on urban centers would trigger defections and rebellions." The First Battle of Loc Ninh, instigated by the North Vietnamese against South Vietnamese and the US, resulted in what was considered an American and South Vietnamese victory. This is my father's recollection of that story. Main Points of Discussion 00:00 Introduction 04:06 Part 1: David Baldwin enlists in the US Army 11:34 Part 2: David Baldwin deploys to Vietnam 16:58 Part 3: The battle and related skirmishes 29:53 Part 4: David Baldwin reassigned to An Loc 34:30 Part 5: David Baldwin returns rotates home 37:54 Part 6: Discharge and the beginning of a new life 43:06 Part 7: Postscript by Kerry Baldwin David B. Baldwin received the Bronze Star with Valor on February 27, 1968 Resources Mentioned https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Loc_Ninh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tet_Offensive

On April 30, 1975, The North Vietnamese Army invaded Saigon and the war in Vietnam ended. While it was not a defeat for the United States since President Nixon had brokered a peace in January of 1973, and we had left, it sure felt like one. Gerald Ford , who had inherited the Presidency at the end of the Watergate legal process ( A process  we have shown that was riddled with alleged prosecutorial misconduct) was forced to watch helplessly as the city was overrun and we had to evacuate our Embassy. President Ford had wanted to live up to the promises we had made when President Nixon had negotiated our exit from the country.  However, Congress had cut all funding to the nation and refused to allow President Ford to spend any money to even offer air support for the South Vietnamese Army. It was a shameful abandonment to an ally that had trusted us. Seven days later, President Gerald Ford faced the television cameras and the Washington Press Corp. This is that press conference. It was a real symbol that the war was finally over as Ford actually has to answer a wide variety of questions on subjects that are very far ranging. It is a Press Conference that gives you a feel for just how many different issues the President has to deal with at any given time. It also gives you a feel for the President himself, and how he made decisions, and how open he tried to be with the American People, in contrast to several of his predecessors in that office. It is also , in a brief answer to a question, one of the first times you hear the President firmly state to the nation that the war in Vietnam is over for America. TAG: Talking About Guns“Talking About Guns” (TAG) is a podcast created to demystify a typically loaded and...Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Questions or comments at , Randalrgw1@aol.com , https://twitter.com/randal_wallace , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!

John Paul Vann was a career Army officer.  He served in combat during the Korean War and was an advisor to the South Vietnamese Army's IV Corps fighting the Viet Cong for a year from 1962 to 1963.  Vann retired from the Army a few months after completed that assignment.  He returned to Vietnam in 1965.  First he worked as an official for the Agency for International Development.  Vann was then made the Deputy for Civil Operations and Rural Development Support for the Third Corps Tactical Zone in the twelve provinces north and west of Saigon.  In 1968 he was assigned to the same position for the Fourth Corps Tactical Zone in the provinces south of Saigon.  Vann died in a helicopter crash in Vietnam on June 16, 1972.  During his years in Vietnam, he developed some strong views about what the United States was doing versus what he thought it should be doing. 

In the conclusion of our interview with Smar Pot President Kurt Reiger, we discuss the employees and the manufacturing process that makes Smart Pot the best container for growing any plant variety. Kurt speaks about the long term process of refining the product, and ultimately how he decided to manufacture these grow bags himself. One of the most interesting parts of the interview is when Kurt talks about one of our first workers, who was fresh out of a re-education camp in Vietnam, where he was a Colonel in the South Vietnamese Army! We talk past, present, and future of Smart Pots, and the nursery industry, in general. Kurt also gives his input on entrepreneurs, and his answer might make you laugh. It was really entertaining and informative, to learn more about the history of our company and we hope that you all have as much fun listening to this interview, as we had conducting it!

Command Sergeant Major (CSM) Huynh's father fought for the South Vietnamese Army during the Viet Nam War. After the war, he was captured and imprisoned in a communist re-education camp. He was finally released after enduring years of abuse and torture. CSM Huynh's father eventually escaped from Viet Nam, and he took CSM Huynh and several other refugees with him. CSM Huynh shares his incredible story of survival, endurance and pure grit as he made his way to the USA, grew up in a rural Iowa community, and eventually enlisted in the Army.

In this episode, we have Viet Nguyen. Viet is a Deputy Attorney General who has represented the People of the State of California in the United States Supreme Court, California Supreme Court, and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.  In 2020, he received the AG Award for Sustained Commitment to Diversity for his work with the law clerk program.  He is married to Carie, a teacher.  They have two children, Leah and Zachary Vu. In 1975, his family immigrated to the United States as refugees after the fall of Saigon.  His father, Chuyen Van Nguyen, was a soldier with the South Vietnamese Army and later a pilot in the U.S. Airforce.  Chuyen dedicated his life to helping the community in Little Saigon.  His brother, Vu Nguyen, was a reporter who wrote for the Associated Press, Seattle Times, Orange County Register, and Daily Breeze. This episode is a fascinating and timely look into what becoming an American looks like from the perspective of a family of refugees. Huge thank you to My Epic and Facedown Records for the use of their song "Hail"!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz2RZThURTUSiagon USA Documentary.https://www.amazon.com/Saigon-USA-Andrew-Lam/dp/B014Y1N5CK/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2LH35I6UCIFTM&dchild=1&keywords=saigon+documentary&qid=1630263213&s=instant-video&sprefix=siagon+%2Cinstant-video%2C229&sr=1-2VenturAthlete, Chris Runao of Prep and Defend, fitness programing.https://venturathlete.com/Katalyst co. blue light glasses and sunglasses.https://thekatalyst.co/Fire Department Coffee. Use discount code thefireyoucarryhttps://www.firedeptcoffee.com/Get one of our new t-shirts!https://thefireyoucarry.threadless.com/Join our Discord and talk to us directly. https://discord.gg/w5EnBdyPQJ

Cô Loan was born in Saigon and left Vietnam with her family on April 30 1975, the exact day when the South Vietnamese Army surrendered, bringing an end to the civil war in Vietnam. She was 11 years old and would face many new challenges as her family tries to adjust to a new country. But her greatest challenge came much later in her life, when she learns about her daughter with transgender experience. A term she knew nothing about. She shares her journey of trying to understand and accept, during a time when she felt her life had hit rock bottom. This is a beautiful story of a mother’s love and determination and her passion to help other families through PFLAG NYC, a family-based organization committed to the civil rights of the LGBTQ community. 

This is Jacqueline T.D. Huynh.  Today I am speaking to you with a broken heart. my father’s heart stopped beating on Monday, July 15, 2019, at 11:38 PM Parent Pump Radio will be airing some top listened to past episodes for the next few weeks. We will return the first week of August with brand new episodes so that my family and I can take the time to grieve.----more---- It all happened so fast.   He was rushed to the hospital that morning because his speech was slurred and the right side of his lip was curled up. We were told he had a massive brain hemorrhage and that he wouldn’t survive. There were probably 2 dozen family members who rush to his side throughout that day and so many more on the phone, text message and Facebook. He was only able to hold on until 11:38 pm. Stories have been coming in from family members all over. We're realizing what a wondering man he was not just to his children but to all the family members. Daddy was a man of service to his country. He served as an officer in the South Vietnamese Army fighting alongside American soldiers in the Vietnam War. On April 25, 1975, five days before the collapse of our country, he was able to send my mom, my 4 younger sisters, and myself on a cargo plane to Guam for safety so that he could stay and fight for our country knowing we were safe. On April 30, when Saigon collapsed and was in chaos he still would not stop saving people. He rescued people into his Jeep and gathered more people on the boat to escape. He worked in social service for years after we arrived in the US so he could continue to be of service. He helped dozens of Vietnamese refugees get settled here. It was important to him that we all be an asset to the community and to the US (He always came from gratitude). My father was part of the movement that created what we know now as Little Saigon in Westminster, CA, which now has the largest Vietnamese population in the world outside of the country itself. He was the kindest, gentlest, most emotionally intelligent and patient man I know. Not once have I heard him raise his voice or get mad. He spoke very little but when he spoke you knew it was something important. I remember he would come to UC Irvine to pick me up on Saturday mornings to come home for visits. There were Fridays that I was out late and didn’t come back to my dorm room. He would just sit in the car waiting patiently for when I got back. (Before cell phone or pagers). He never got mad that he had to wait or didn’t know where I was. He was just glad to see me. He always thought of others first. He never wanted to inconvenience anyone, be fretted over, or cause anyone pain. Fifteen years ago, my youngest sister, Tina, passed away at 30 years old and my grandmother passed away 3 months later. It was excruciatingly painful for him and all of us to go through the day of their passing, then again at the memorial service and then again when we scattered their ashes. He talked about how his heart broke 6 times in that 3-month period. He felt so bad that people were taking time off work and spending so much money coming in for their services last minute. He was adamant that when he passed he didn’t want his loved ones to go through the same. His last wishes were that he wanted to donate his body to the UC Irvine Willed Body Program for science and research (even in death he wanted to be of service). He only wanted his loved ones to go through saying good-bye one time. He wanted us to take time to grieve and then come together at a later planned time to celebrate his life. He is in heaven with the Creator. He is free, at peace, running and jumping happily with his baby girl, Tina, and his parents. We know his love for us is endless and now he is in a place where he can have boundless energy to be of service to everyone. He will forever be in our hearts. Now more than ever I realize how important leaving a legacy is. Not just a legacy in money but a legacy in who you are, your compassion, your values, purpose, how you made people feel, even down to your mind/body/spirit connection.   Because those are the things your children and grandchildren will remember you by. As Maya Angelou said, “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.   Think about how you want to be remembered.   To all the people who have lost a loved one, I hope this touching poem will help…. As for grief, you’ll find it comes in waves. When the ship is first wrecked, you’re drowning, with wreckage all around you. Everything floating around you reminds you of the beauty and the magnificence of the ship that was and is no more. And all you can do is float. You find some piece of the wreckage and you hang on for a while. Maybe it’s some physical thing. Maybe it’s a happy memory or a photograph. Maybe it’s a person who is also floating. For a while, all you can do is float. Stay alive. In the beginning, the waves are 100 feet tall and crash over you without mercy. They come 10 seconds apart and don’t even give you time to catch your breath. All you can do is hang on and float. After a while, maybe weeks, maybe months, you’ll find the waves are still 100 feet tall, but they come further apart. When they come, they still crash all over you and wipe you out. But in between, you can breathe, you can function. You never know what’s going to trigger the grief. It might be a song, a picture, a street intersection, the smell of a cup of coffee. It can be just about anything…and the wave comes crashing. But in between waves, there is life. Somewhere down the line, and it’s different for everybody, you find that the waves are only 80 feet tall. Or 50 feet tall. And while they still come, they come further apart. You can see them coming. An anniversary, a birthday, or Christmas, or landing at O’Hare. You can see it coming, for the most part, and prepare yourself. And when it washes over you, you know that somehow you will, again, come out the other side. Soaking wet, sputtering, still hanging on to some tiny piece of the wreckage, but you’ll come out. Take it from an old guy. The waves never stop coming, and somehow you don’t really want them to. But you learn that you’ll survive them. And other waves will come. And you’ll survive them too. If you’re lucky, you’ll have lots of scars from lots of loves. And lots of shipwrecks To Daddy…I love you forever and always with all my heart.  Until we meet again!!!  

Sandy Hanna’s autobiography “The Ignorance of Bliss: An American Kid in Saigon” recounts her experience of moving to Saigon, Vietnam when she was 10 years old, where her father served as a military advisor to the South Vietnamese Army. From the crushing poverty and extraordinary beauty that was Saigon in the 1960s, Sandy discovered a world of streets, villas and brothels, where politics and intrigue were the order of the day. In this installment of “Leonard Lopate at Large” on WBAI, Sandy Hanna discusses reliving her unique childhood experience in “The Ignorance of Bliss.”

Nguyễn Văn Lém was a Viet Cong captain who was arrested by the South Vietnamese Army after leading a raid on a camp and killing a large number of civilians. Upon being taken in front of Brigadier General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Lém was summarily executed by Loan with a revolver. By all rights, this would have been one of many such incidents in the complicated conflict that was the Vietnam War. Yet the execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém became something the world knew about because the Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams managed to snap a picture at the moment the gun was fired. Nguyễn Văn Lém's face as he was dying was seen by millions, and the photograph became an iconic image of the Vietnam War. The photo would win Adams a Pulitzer and help galvanize the anti-Vietnam War movement in America. Adams would feel sorry for what became of Loan, while also regretting he was most well known for the image of the execution of Nguyễn Văn Lém.

This episode features my conversation with Luu Pham, from the living room in Baltimore. Luu was the only guy who I interviewed who also lost his father at a young age. At the time of our recording, Luu was 43. He lost his father when he was four years old. Luu's father was a senior military officer in the South Vietnamese Army. Luu and his family were on one of the the last planes to leave South Vietnam before the Viet Cong entered Saigon, but his father stayed behind. Listen to hear of Luu's story and his unique trajectory of healing and forgiveness. Fatherless by Suicide is a collaborative storytelling project by and for sons whose fathers died by suicide. More stories and info at www.fatherlessbysuicide.com