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#RRBC #RWISA US Army and Vietnam Veteran, published author, Life member of Rave Reviews Book Club and Vietnam Veterans of America, and administrator of Cherrieswriter.com website
Bird Dog aircraft and pilots were a tremendous help to those units in the field. I had the opportunity to work with these pilots while on missions; they were the orchestra conductors of heavy-duty support and helped to get us out of trouble. bit.ly/3PEgL2y
THIS PLANE MADE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN VIETNAM — SO DID ITS AVIATORS
An O-2A Super Skymaster piloted by a Forward Air Controller (FAC) fires a smoke rocket at an enemy strongpoint to mark it as an airstrike target. The O-2 proved an ideal aircraft for the dangerous …
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December 18, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Bird Dog aircraft and pilots were a tremendous help to those units in the field. I had the opportunity to work with these pilots while on missions; they were the orchestra conductors of heavy-duty support and helped to get us out of trouble. bit.ly/3PEgL2y
Doug Petersen gives you an idea of what it was like to fly a dust-off mission in South Vietnam to pick up an injured American soldier and get him to a medical facility. Watch this 6-minute video as he describes a mission. Guaranteed to give you chills. cherrieswriter.com/2018/12/10/a...
A day in the life of a Dust Off Pilot (Guest Post)
Doug Petersen gives you an idea of what it was like to fly a dust off mission in South Vietnam to pick up an injured American soldier to get him to a medical facility. Doug grew up on the East Coas…
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December 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Doug Petersen gives you an idea of what it was like to fly a dust-off mission in South Vietnam to pick up an injured American soldier and get him to a medical facility. Watch this 6-minute video as he describes a mission. Guaranteed to give you chills. cherrieswriter.com/2018/12/10/a...
In May 1972, the majority of U.S. military forces was withdrawn when the NVA attacked South Vietnam across the DMZ and through Cambodia toward Saigon. South Vietnamese and what was left of the American forces fought back these attacks, but at a price: cherrieswriter.com/2021/03/28/n...
North Vietnamese Army’s 1972 Eastertide Offensive
Thirteen years after the North Vietnamese government’s Resolution 15, in January 1959, set in motion the armed struggle to conquer South Vietnam, North Vietnamese Army (NVA) General Vo Nguyen Giap …
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December 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
In May 1972, the majority of U.S. military forces was withdrawn when the NVA attacked South Vietnam across the DMZ and through Cambodia toward Saigon. South Vietnamese and what was left of the American forces fought back these attacks, but at a price: cherrieswriter.com/2021/03/28/n...
It’s no secret that war changes people. One in five current and former military personnel suffer from mental illness (PTSD). It doesn’t matter in which war you fought…you’ll always remember it. Here’s an interesting article and perspective on it. cherrieswriter.com/2022/05/28/o...
Only the Dead Have Seen the End of War
It’s no secret that war changes people. Its nothing new to say that war is horrifying and traumatizing. One in five current and former military personnel suffer from mental illness (PTSD). It doesn…
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December 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It’s no secret that war changes people. One in five current and former military personnel suffer from mental illness (PTSD). It doesn’t matter in which war you fought…you’ll always remember it. Here’s an interesting article and perspective on it. cherrieswriter.com/2022/05/28/o...
Check out my book trailer for "When Can I Stop Running?" and let me know what you think. youtu.be/UZzOQN5Te6I
When Can I Stop Running? Book Trailer
In 'When Can I Stop Running?' the author juxtaposes his nightmarish hours in the bush with some of his most heart-pounding childhood escapades. Readers will relate to the humorous childish antics with amusement; military veterans will find themselves relating to both of the entertaining and compelling recollections. Click below for more information about the book and where to order it. Kindle and printed version: https://www.amazon.com/When-Can-I-Stop-Running-ebook/dp/B01H9BESNC Apple and all others: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/632451
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December 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Check out my book trailer for "When Can I Stop Running?" and let me know what you think. youtu.be/UZzOQN5Te6I
Hailed as one of the best Vietnam War websites on the internet. Chock full of photos, videos, trailers, book reviews, and hundreds of personal stories and facts related to the #VietnamWar and its Warriors. Learn why troops return home different after war. cherrieswriter.com/2012/04/01/w...
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Hailed as one of the best Vietnam War websites on the internet. Chock full of photos, videos, trailers, book reviews, and hundreds of personal stories and facts related to the #VietnamWar and its Warriors. Learn why troops return home different after war. cherrieswriter.com/2012/04/01/w...
This Navy sailor found his way onto the USS Enterprise during the Vietnam War and witnessed an extraordinary event that all on the ship hoped to glimpse. It turned out to be his best day in the Navy. Find out what happened by reading his story. cherrieswriter.com/2022/10/08/m...
My Best Day in the Navy
Many tasks within the military are mundane, repetitious, and boring – no matter what branch of service. This Navy sailor found his way onto the USS Enterprise during the Vietnam War and witne…
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December 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This Navy sailor found his way onto the USS Enterprise during the Vietnam War and witnessed an extraordinary event that all on the ship hoped to glimpse. It turned out to be his best day in the Navy. Find out what happened by reading his story. cherrieswriter.com/2022/10/08/m...
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Jeff Frazier trains racehorses, and his dream of winning a championship is about to come true. But when a jockey is murdered, and his colt is the catalyst, his dream becomes a nightmare. An innocent man is arrested, and the racing world is in chaos. amzn.to/3zKNpZZ
December 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Jeff Frazier trains racehorses, and his dream of winning a championship is about to come true. But when a jockey is murdered, and his colt is the catalyst, his dream becomes a nightmare. An innocent man is arrested, and the racing world is in chaos. amzn.to/3zKNpZZ
During the Vietnam War, professional photographers took thousands of pictures. Time Magazine asked those individuals to select an image from the period that they found significant, and to explain why it moved them the most. See their photo and comments. cherrieswriter.com/2021/08/22/t...
THE VIETNAM WAR PICTURES THAT MOVED THEM MOST
During the Vietnam War, professional photographers took thousands of pictures that were published in newspapers and magazines around the world. Time Magazine asked a number of those individuals to …
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December 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
During the Vietnam War, professional photographers took thousands of pictures. Time Magazine asked those individuals to select an image from the period that they found significant, and to explain why it moved them the most. See their photo and comments. cherrieswriter.com/2021/08/22/t...
Walt Ritter wrote an all-encompassing description of a veteran, could be any of us – well worth reading. #Vietnamwar cherrieswriter.com/2020/08/16/w...
We Are Veterans
My guest today wrote an all-encompassing description of a veteran – could be any of us – well worth reading. We left home as teenagers for an unknown adventure. We loved our…
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December 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Walt Ritter wrote an all-encompassing description of a veteran, could be any of us – well worth reading. #Vietnamwar cherrieswriter.com/2020/08/16/w...
This article clarifies the role of the Army's 1st Cav Bravo Blues unit in Vietnam. The author, a former officer in the Blues, reflects on those soldiers who fought with him and died more than fifty years ago. It's long, but well worth reading. cherrieswriter.com/2025/12/13/r...
Running through the Fire
John A. Lucas This article clarifies the role of the Army’s 1st Cav Bravo Blues unit in Vietnam. The author, a former officer in the Blues, reflects on those soldiers who fought with him and …
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December 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This article clarifies the role of the Army's 1st Cav Bravo Blues unit in Vietnam. The author, a former officer in the Blues, reflects on those soldiers who fought with him and died more than fifty years ago. It's long, but well worth reading. cherrieswriter.com/2025/12/13/r...
For the past 35 years the US and the North Vietnamese have claimed victory in the October to November 1965 Ia Drang Valley Battle. While the United States side of the battle has been extensively documented, the Vietnamese version has remained obscure. bit.ly/2DkrxK0
The Fog of War: The Vietnamese View of the Ia Drang Battle
For the past 35 years the US Army and the North Vietnamese have claimed victory in the October to November 1965 Ia Drang Valley Battle. While the United States side of the battle has been extensive…
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December 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
For the past 35 years the US and the North Vietnamese have claimed victory in the October to November 1965 Ia Drang Valley Battle. While the United States side of the battle has been extensively documented, the Vietnamese version has remained obscure. bit.ly/2DkrxK0
This is the story of a fellow Detroiter, a tank driver in Vietnam, who took on a battalion of NVA troops after they ambushed his armor platoon. He survived & was awarded the MOH. He was killed three years later during a robbery attempt. Here’s his story: cherrieswriter.com/2022/02/27/d...
Dwight H. Johnson and the Medal of Honor,January 15, 1968
This is the story of a fellow Detroiter, a tank driver in Vietnam, who took on a battalion of NVA troops after they ambushed his armor platoon and knocked out two of the four tanks. He survived the…
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December 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This is the story of a fellow Detroiter, a tank driver in Vietnam, who took on a battalion of NVA troops after they ambushed his armor platoon. He survived & was awarded the MOH. He was killed three years later during a robbery attempt. Here’s his story: cherrieswriter.com/2022/02/27/d...
During the Vietnam War, Viet Cong Commandos were successful in sinking a former WWII aircraft carrier in the Saigon harbor. Read the story here:
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Viet Cong Commandos Sank an American Aircraft Carrier
It was shortly after midnight when two Viet Cong commandos emerged from a sewer tunnel that emptied into Saigon Port, each man carrying nearly 90 pounds of high explosives and the components needed…
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December 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
During the Vietnam War, Viet Cong Commandos were successful in sinking a former WWII aircraft carrier in the Saigon harbor. Read the story here:
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Soldiers were compassionate during the #Vietnamwar and tried to protect civilians - sometimes they or a brother were hurt as a result. We were not baby killers! Learn more about the war of our generation and read about its warriors on my website: cherrieswriter.com/2012/11/29/w...
Were American Soldiers Compassionate during the Vietnam War?
You decide…A Picture is worth a thousand words… Thank you for acknowledging our efforts [Viet Thuc Forum & Readers] to honor the young American soldiers who fought for the freedom o…
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December 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Soldiers were compassionate during the #Vietnamwar and tried to protect civilians - sometimes they or a brother were hurt as a result. We were not baby killers! Learn more about the war of our generation and read about its warriors on my website: cherrieswriter.com/2012/11/29/w...
Soldiers were compassionate during the #Vietnamwar and tried to protect civilians - sometimes they or a brother were hurt as a result. We were not baby killers! Learn more about the war of our generation and read about its warriors on my website: cherrieswriter.com/2012/11/29/w...
Were American Soldiers Compassionate during the Vietnam War?
You decide…A Picture is worth a thousand words… Thank you for acknowledging our efforts [Viet Thuc Forum & Readers] to honor the young American soldiers who fought for the freedom o…
cherrieswriter.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Soldiers were compassionate during the #Vietnamwar and tried to protect civilians - sometimes they or a brother were hurt as a result. We were not baby killers! Learn more about the war of our generation and read about its warriors on my website: cherrieswriter.com/2012/11/29/w...
The Battle for Hill 937 was costly for both sides of the fighting. It required at least a dozen assaults from American troops who believed they were taking one of the largest North Vietnamese headquarters complexes in the country. Read this story. #RRBC cherrieswriter.com/2022/07/23/b...
Battlefield Chronicles: The Battle of Hamburger Hill
By Blake Stillwell “Have you ever been inside a hamburger machine?” Sgt. James Spears asked reporters in 1969 after capturing Hill 937 in Vietnam’s A Shau Valley. “We just g…
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December 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The Battle for Hill 937 was costly for both sides of the fighting. It required at least a dozen assaults from American troops who believed they were taking one of the largest North Vietnamese headquarters complexes in the country. Read this story. #RRBC cherrieswriter.com/2022/07/23/b...
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Can love survive a curse rooted in bloodlines,
Or will Blue Harbor claim two more victims?
MEET ME IN MAINE
by Susanne Leist
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Or will Blue Harbor claim two more victims?
MEET ME IN MAINE
by Susanne Leist
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#thrillerbooks #RomanceReaders #RomanticVibes📚💙⚡
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Can love survive a curse rooted in bloodlines,
Or will Blue Harbor claim two more victims?
MEET ME IN MAINE
by Susanne Leist
amzn.to/3YKZKqN
#thrillerbooks #RomanceReaders #RomanticVibes📚💙⚡
Or will Blue Harbor claim two more victims?
MEET ME IN MAINE
by Susanne Leist
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#thrillerbooks #RomanceReaders #RomanticVibes📚💙⚡
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FREE today through the 14th. Lost Girls. Publishers Weekly: "Excellent writing and well-drawn, appealing characters.” #KindleUnlimited #amreading #Thriller www.bobmayer.com/free-books-u...
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
FREE today through the 14th. Lost Girls. Publishers Weekly: "Excellent writing and well-drawn, appealing characters.” #KindleUnlimited #amreading #Thriller www.bobmayer.com/free-books-u...
Heading across the open toward the woodline - two radio operators close together might identify them as part of the company CP - an excellent target for enemy gunners. Here, a unit got in trouble during a mission: cherrieswriter.com/2020/06/14/t...
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Heading across the open toward the woodline - two radio operators close together might identify them as part of the company CP - an excellent target for enemy gunners. Here, a unit got in trouble during a mission: cherrieswriter.com/2020/06/14/t...
May 15, 1975, three days after the SS Mayaquez was captured by Communist Guerillas, Marines from 2/9 were dispatched from Okinawa for a rescue mission. After the battle, 3 Marines were inadvertently left behind. What happened to them? wp.me/pRiEw-2ev
Fate of Marines left behind in Cambodia in 1975 haunts Comrades
From left, Lance Cpl. Joseph Hargrove, Pfc. Gary Hall and Pvt. Danny Marshall KOH TANG, Cambodia — Monsoon rains and fearsome waves pound Koh Tang, as they have since the last battle of the Vietnam…
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December 10, 2025 at 9:17 PM
May 15, 1975, three days after the SS Mayaquez was captured by Communist Guerillas, Marines from 2/9 were dispatched from Okinawa for a rescue mission. After the battle, 3 Marines were inadvertently left behind. What happened to them? wp.me/pRiEw-2ev
Two teenage soldiers in the #Vietnamwar are spending the night outside the wire listening for enemy movement when a group of NVA soldiers stops for a break within a few feet of their position. Read about their harrowing night in this award-winning story.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Two teenage soldiers in the #Vietnamwar are spending the night outside the wire listening for enemy movement when a group of NVA soldiers stops for a break within a few feet of their position. Read about their harrowing night in this award-winning story.
www.amazon.com/When-Can-I-S...
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#Armyvet #RRBC #RWISA @pdoggbiker.bsky.social @rrbc-org.bsky.social @4rwisawriters.bsky.social Acclaimed author of six books, including www.amazon.com/Death-Triang...
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
#Armyvet #RRBC #RWISA @pdoggbiker.bsky.social @rrbc-org.bsky.social @4rwisawriters.bsky.social Acclaimed author of six books, including www.amazon.com/Death-Triang...
I’ve collected various YouTube videos about the #VietnamWar for the last few years and pulled the best 40+ to share with you. Some are slide shows with pictures set to the music of the period, other authors used actual video footage. Hours worth of stuff. cherrieswriter.com/2018/07/04/m...
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I’ve collected various YouTube videos about the #VietnamWar for the last few years and pulled the best 40+ to share with you. Some are slide shows with pictures set to the music of the period, other authors used actual video footage. Hours worth of stuff. cherrieswriter.com/2018/07/04/m...