http://history.writingwithtony.com Blog mix of history information and trivia! Informative,newsy,interesting and fun! Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:33:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Copyright © Adventures in History 2010 tony@writingwithtony.com (Adventures in History) tony@writingwithtony.com (Adventures in History) 1440 http://www.writingwithtony.com/images/finally.jpg http://history.writingwithtony.com 144 144 Blog mix of history information and trivia! Informative,newsy,interesting and fun! Adventures in History Adventures in History tony@writingwithtony.com no no AdventuresInHistoryhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdventuresInHistory/~3/Sp-aGSMqE30/ http://history.writingwithtony.com/2013/01/21/vietnam-air-rescue/#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:31:07 +0000 tony http://history.writingwithtony.com/?p=1128 While popular images of the Vietnam conflict focus exclusively on combat, air strikes and popular discontent that was occurring in the United States during this time, I&#8217;d like to spin a different tale, one of heroics, rescue and a side of the U.S. armed services that you might not be as aware of.  My topic?  Non-combat operations &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://history.writingwithtony.com/2013/01/21/vietnam-air-rescue/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?a=Sp-aGSMqE30:l_VkFA5ynlk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?a=Sp-aGSMqE30:l_VkFA5ynlk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?i=Sp-aGSMqE30:l_VkFA5ynlk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?a=Sp-aGSMqE30:l_VkFA5ynlk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?i=Sp-aGSMqE30:l_VkFA5ynlk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?a=Sp-aGSMqE30:l_VkFA5ynlk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?i=Sp-aGSMqE30:l_VkFA5ynlk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdventuresInHistory/~4/Sp-aGSMqE30" height="1" width="1"/> http://history.writingwithtony.com/2013/01/21/vietnam-air-rescue/feed/ 0 http://history.writingwithtony.com/2013/01/21/vietnam-air-rescue/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdventuresInHistory/~3/6wKAdlnALZY/ http://history.writingwithtony.com/2012/09/23/world-war-huh-the-disappearance-of-the-great-war/#comments Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:40:28 +0000 tony http://history.writingwithtony.com/?p=1122 While it&#8217;s been highly publicized lately about the passing on of the &#8220;Greatest Generation&#8221;, I find it seemingly ironic that the almost virtual disappearance (and knowledge?) of the generation coming from the &#8220;War to End All Wars&#8221; has not been seen and commented on as equally.  Perhaps it&#8217;s my own lack of knowledge, but it &#8230; <a class="read-excerpt" href="http://history.writingwithtony.com/2012/09/23/world-war-huh-the-disappearance-of-the-great-war/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?a=6wKAdlnALZY:tZr007trpsA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?a=6wKAdlnALZY:tZr007trpsA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?i=6wKAdlnALZY:tZr007trpsA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?a=6wKAdlnALZY:tZr007trpsA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?i=6wKAdlnALZY:tZr007trpsA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?a=6wKAdlnALZY:tZr007trpsA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/AdventuresInHistory?i=6wKAdlnALZY:tZr007trpsA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdventuresInHistory/~4/6wKAdlnALZY" height="1" width="1"/> http://history.writingwithtony.com/2012/09/23/world-war-huh-the-disappearance-of-the-great-war/feed/ 0 http://history.writingwithtony.com/2012/09/23/world-war-huh-the-disappearance-of-the-great-war/