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In the late '60s and early '70s, the US military tried something it hasn't repeated since; Operation Popeye - what was it?

Can you weaponize the weather? The U.S. military actually tried. During the Vietnam War, a top-secret mission named Operation Popeye used cloud seeding over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Planes dropped silver iodide to trigger relentless monsoons and drown enemy supply lines in mud. Here is how weather modification became…

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Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway Signs to Be Moved After Vietnam Veterans Object to Shared Memorial

Signs honoring conservative activist Charlie Kirk on a Tennessee highway will be relocated after Vietnam veterans objected to placing the memorial along a roadway that has long been dedicated to local service members killed in the Vietnam War.

Latin Times

Puerto Rican Vietnam Veteran Known as the "Puerto Rican Rambo" to Be Inducted Into U.S. Veterans Hall of Fame

Puerto Rican Vietnam War veteran Jorge Otero Barreto, widely known as the "Puerto Rican Rambo" for his extraordinary combat record, will be inducted posthumously into the U.S. Veterans Hall of Fame in 2027, nearly two years after his death.

Latin Times

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"I was screaming inside, very intense, but not saying a word." The defiant story of Creedence Clearwater Revival's most understood song

Fortunate Son was a burning commentary on class and elitism, delivered against the sulphurous backdrop of the Vietnam War

Louder

‘Charged with horror and anguish’: Arthur Boyd’s nightmarish Nebuchadnezzar series opens in major new Bundanon show

Not for the faint-hearted, this is the first large-scale presentation of the Australian artist’s anti-Vietnam war, hallucinatory works since the late 60s

The Guardian - AU

North Korean hackers steal Balkan identities to freelance in Europe and US

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, June 16: Papers focus on the historic Pechersk Lavra monastery in Kyiv that was set on fire by a missile barrage blamed on Russia. Next: a French-Vietnamese woman is appealing against the companies that supplied the deadly Agent Orange chemical during the Vietnam War. Also: an…

France 24

Don McCullin returns to the horrors of Vietnam in "last ever" photobook featuring never-before-seen images

The British photojournalist, who covered the Vietnam War extensively, returns to the conflict in what he says is his "last ever book"

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USS Ford Returns After Iran, Venezuela Missions

The world's largest aircraft carrier completed the longest deployment by a carrier since the Vietnam war, which involved missions in the ongoing Iran conflict and the capture of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro in January, when he was the president.

International Business Times

Trump’s war with Iran is as unpopular as Vietnam, new poll finds

Roughly 61 percent of Americans say the US made a mistake using military force against Iran

The Independent UK

Veterans Occupy the Cannon Rotunda in Protest of Overseas US-led Wars

Veterans from several coalitions and service member families gathered at the Cannon Rotunda in the US Capitol Building. They came to protest the Iran war and other military incursions in the Middle East early on Tuesday morning.

The Mary Sue

Trump’s ‘Stone Ages’ threat against Iran harks back to a notorious Vietnam War declaration

ANALYSIS: President’s channeling of legendary Strategic Air Command boss Curtis LeMay in his bomb Iran ‘back to the Stone Ages’ rhetoric is part of a longstanding campaign to delegitimize modern laws of war ... but ignores LeMay’s own judgments that his preferred tactics would be war crimes, Andrew Feinberg writes

The Independent UK

Refugee detained by ICE missed vital chemo sessions and is now on his deathbed, family says

IN FOCUS: EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: A Laotian refugee whose family fled to America after the Vietnam War has just days to live after missing vital chemotherapy sessions while in ICE detention, his loved ones tell Rhian Lubin

The Independent UK

Vietnam ruined Lyndon B. Johnson’s political career. Will Donald Trump face the same fate over Iran?

Is United States President Donald Trump lurching toward decline and fall? Will he and his MAGA movement reprise Lyndon B. Johnson’s story, when the quagmire of the Vietnam War took the Democratic president out of the 1968 election and gave Republican Richard Nixon the opening he needed to defeat the…

The Conversation

'Detached from reality': Iran slams US over 'winning' claims, says 'same script' from Vietnam war

Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi criticized U.S. messaging on the regional conflict, comparing it to discredited Vietnam War briefings. He cited discrepancies between U.S. claims of victory and events like an F-35 being downed and U.S. aircraft carriers repositioning, suggesting a detached-from-reality narrative.

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The Independent UK

Trump ‘not afraid’ of Iran escalating into another Vietnam War

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Trump shrugs off warnings Iran conflict could become another Vietnam War

Donald Trump has said that he is “not afraid” that the conflict in Iran could turn into another Vietnam War.

The Independent UK

'Country' Joe McDonald, '60s rock star, proud protest counterculture icon, dies at 84

“Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that became an anthem for protesters and a highlight of the Woodstock music festival, died Sunday at 84

International Business Times

From asymmetric warfare to the risk of a prolonged conflict, comparisons between the US–Iran tensions and the Vietnam War are increasingly appearing in policy debates.

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Napalm Girl photographer Nick Ut sues Netflix over documentary claiming he’s a fraud

Ut is seeking $139,000 in damages and legal costs for claims he didn't shoot his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo taken during the Vietnam War

The Independent UK

Photographer behind iconic image of Vietnam War sues Netflix over documentary

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Latin Times

Ruben Gallego Takes Aim At Donald Trump Over Attack Against Iranian Regime: 'Draft Dodger Is Willing To Sacrifice Working Class Kids'

Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego took aim at President Donald Trump over his decision to launch strikes against the Iranian regime, recalling that he received draft deferments during the Vietnam War.

Inverse

40 Years Later, The Weirdest '80s Horror Movie Is Still Full Of Surprises

'House' is easily the best movie to ever blend monsters, the Vietnam War, and the hijinks of 'Cheers.'

The Independent UK

Vietnam War vets sue Trump over his beloved arch and claim he skipped congressional approval

‘Independence Arch’ would obstruct the historically significant view between Arlington House and the Lincoln Memorial, lawsuit says

International Business Times UK

ICE Accused of 'Abuse of Power' After Leaving Vietnam War-Style Ace of Spades 'Death Cards' in Colorado Raids

ICE is under federal scrutiny after ace of spades 'death cards' were placed in vehicles of detained Latino immigrants in Eagle County, Colorado; advocates call it intimidation, ICE says cards were unauthorised and is investigating.

The Independent UK

‘Draft dodger Trump’ accused of double standards over slur against British troops

Dame Emily Thornberry describes president’s comments as ‘absolute insult’ after more than 450 UK troops died serving in Afghan war

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