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Biden to award Medal of Honor to Army helicopter pilot who rescued soldiers in a Vietnam firefight

President Joe Biden is awarding the Medal of Honor to an Army pilot from the Vietnam War who risked his life to rescue a reconnaissance team that was about to be overrun by the enemy, facing almost certain death

The Independent UK

Protect access to books and ideas at libraries facing threats of violence

It’s a dangerous moment for a society when the very places that should be sources of ideas and community are held hostage by nameless individuals.

Chicago Sun-Times

How cartoonist Bruce Petty documented the Vietnam War – and how his great satire keeps finding its moment

After seven decades as a visual satirist provoking Australia as it is and might be, Bruce Petty passed away at 93 on April 6 this year.

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Morning Mail: police investigate violent arrest; Aukus fight in Labor ranks; Indigenous Vietnam veterans identified

Shock at violent arrest of Aboriginal man with disability; Labor seeks to ward off dissent over Aukus nuclear submarine deal; researchers identify 285 Indigenous servicemen who fought in Vietnam

The Guardian - AU

Australian War Memorial researchers identify 285 Indigenous servicemen who fought in the Vietnam war

A national ceremony in Canberra will mark the 50th anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in the war

The Guardian - AU

Patrick Hamilton, ex-AP and Reuters photographer who covered Central American wars, dies at 74

Patrick Hamilton, a combat veteran of the Vietnam War who covered civil wars in Central America as a photojournalist for The Associated Press,and later worked at Reuters covering the first Gulf War in Iraq, has died after a long struggle with cancer

The Independent UK

"Sugar Man" Rodriquez leaves sweet memories in Hunter

HUNTER Valley singer-songwriter Melody Pool has paid tribute to Sixto Rodriguez, who she described as, "a giant of truth through song". Rodriguez died on Tuesday after a short illness in the American singer-songwriter's hometown of Detroit. He was 81. Despite releasing his two studios Cold Fact and Coming From Reality…

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'They kept us alive': Vietnam pilot's tribute 50 years on

It's nearly half a century since Australia's involvement in Vietnam ended.

The Canberra Times

A half-century on, distinguished jungle war veteran finds a fresh audience

Former Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove reflects on his Vietnam War experience.

The Canberra Times

Honoring the last of ‘The Greatest Generation’

Henry W. Clark, a World War II veteran from Harvey, plans to be on board a July 12 Honor Flight Chicago bound for Washington, D.C. So does the Rev. George Kane, a retired Catholic priest, who was a chaplain during the Vietnam War.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘When we came home, the war was not over for us’

ATLANTA -- Sgt. Johnny Miller fought his way up Hill 875 in Vietnam’s central highlands until a fellow paratrooper noticed Miller was bleeding. Incredulous, the Georgian checked himself, confirming he had indeed been hit in the chest with enemy gunfire.

Tribune News Service

Daniel Ellsberg: whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers

The “most important whistleblower of our times”, Daniel Ellsberg was the military analyst who smuggled hundreds of pages of top secret material about US actions in Vietnam out of his office at the Rand Corporation, and shared them with a reporter from The New York Times, said The Guardian.

The Week

The New York Times worried that publishing the Pentagon Papers would destroy the newspaper — and the reputation of the US

The late Daniel Ellsberg was a former government contractor who leaked the classified history of the Vietnam War known as the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times.

The Conversation

50 years since US troops left Vietnam, bombs continue to kill

US has channelled millions to clean up UXO but farmers and children continue to discover unexploded missiles.

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Daniel Ellsberg, who exposed US pretext for Vietnam War, dead at 92

Daniel Ellsberg, the military analyst whose change of heart on the Vietnam War led him to leak the classified Pentagon Papers has died at 92

Reason

RIP Daniel Ellsberg, Who Told the World the Truth About the Vietnam War

The Pentagon Papers leaker risked prison to reveal that American military officials were lying to Congress and the public about Vietnam. He died today at age 92.

Salon

Daniel Ellsberg leaves us a message

The legendary Vietnam War whistleblower leaves a much bigger legacy: He hoped to prevent nuclear catastrophe

Bangkok Post

Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dead at 92

NEW YORK - Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who leaked the "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War -- changing public perceptions of the conflict -- died on Friday, his family announced. He was 92.

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Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92

The whistleblower inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to the downfall of his presidency.

WEKU

History-making whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg has died at 92

Ellsberg's release of what were called the "Pentagon Papers" hastened the end of the Vietnam war, prompted a landmark Supreme Court ruling and contributed to the downfall of President Richard Nixon.

The Guardian - US

Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers whistleblower, dies aged 92

Analyst who leaked studies showing US government knew the Vietnam war was un-winnable became activist and writer

Bangkok Post

Messages hidden in art

Nakhon Phanom airport was established during the Vietnam War to facilitate the transportation of supplies and troops for the US military. The airport served as a strategic location for the US Army to access Vietnam by flying over Laos which borders Thailand.

The Independent UK

Former US diplomat Henry Kissinger celebrates 100th birthday, still active in global affairs

Former diplomat and presidential advisor Henry Kissinger is marking his 100th birthday, outlasting many of his political contemporaries who guided the United States through one of its most tumultuous periods including the presidency of Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War

The Conversation

'Courage is contagious': Daniel Ellsberg's decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn't happen in a vacuum

In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg responded with a question of his own: “Wouldn’t you go to prison to…

WEKU

When a prison sentence becomes a death sentence

As U.S. life expectancy falls, experts say incarceration has serious health impacts. The U.S. has one of the highest rates of people in prison or jail in the developed world.

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