#In Vietnam, Henry Kissinger was worse than a fraud

#In Vietnam, Henry Kissinger was worse than a fraud

Two quotes endure from the final years of the Vietnam War. The first is “Peace is at hand,” uttered by Henry Kissinger on October 26, 1972, when he swore he’d reached a solution with North Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho for ending the war. The bad guys — the “North” Vietnamese and their southern affiliate, the…

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#Hippie millionaire who gave away fortune

#Hippie millionaire who gave away fortune

“Hippie millionaire who gave away fortune” For a few weeks in 1970, Michael Brody became the most beloved millionaire in the world. The 21-year-old margarine heir, from Scarsdale, NY, vowed to give away his fortune — all people had to do was ask — setting off a whirlwind month that led to money raining down on…

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#The heroes of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739

#The heroes of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739

“#The heroes of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739” Six decades after their loved ones vanished into thin air, relatives of the victims of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 — 93 soldiers aboard a secret-mission flight chartered by the US Army in the buildup to the Vietnam War — want answers. They gathered together Saturday for…

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#Inside the mission to rescue infants after the Vietnam War

#Inside the mission to rescue infants after the Vietnam War

“#Inside the mission to rescue infants after the Vietnam War” On March 28, 1975, a World Airways jet landed at Vietnam’s Tan Son Nhat Airport. The plane was ordered toward a hangar, but the airlines’ CEO, Ed Daly, instructed the pilot to experience “radio failure” and ignore the order. During the Vietnam War’s shambolic end,…

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