Scottsdale mega events are almost here. Come the last part of January and February 2016, these events will bring large numbers of visitors to Scottsdale. Many of these visitors will take some time to search for Scottsdale real estate for retirement, new location, or a vacation home. Those events are scheduled as follows: Scottsdale Mega [...]
Rangers, SEALs, Raiders: Marines resurrect historic name. The Army has the Green Berets, while the eNavy is known for the SEALs. Now, an elite branch of the U.S. Marine Corps will officially be known as Raiders. The Marines will rename several special operations units as Marine Raiders at a ceremony Friday, resurrecting a moniker made [...]
NFL Required Payment to Honor US Military at their Games Pat Tillman, US Army Ranger - Killed in Action NFL requires payment to honor US military at their games. They are a billion dollar industry and they allegedly require payment to honor our military? Does that make you want to watch a football [...]
Leon Kent, Who Stopped Line of Tanks at Battle of the Bulge, Dies at 99 World War II Battle of the Bulge Leon Kent Dies 99. In the first desperate hours of the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, a young Army lieutenant was given an order that seemed impossible: stop a fast-moving column [...]
Vietnam War Its History Its Statistics Part VI The answer from Part V on the young girl may surprise you. 9-year-old Kim Phuc Route 1 near Trang Bang June 8, 1972 Myth: Kim Phuc, the little nine year old Vietnamese girl running naked from the napalm strike near Trang Bang on 8 June [...]
Vietnam War Its History Its Statistics Part V The war in Vietnam was fought mainly by the sons, brothers, husbands, and friends of the working class. The nucleus for this was because the national structure at the time made it easy for large numbers of men to participate in draft deferment by going to college, [...]
Vietnam War Part VI - Its History Its Statistics In Southeast Asia, the United States government used the domino theory to justify its support of a non-communist regime in South Vietnam against the communist government of North Vietnam, and ultimately its increasing involvement in the long-running Vietnam War (1954-75). Myth: The domino theory proved false. The [...]
Vietnam War Its History Its Statistics Part III “Images of the U.S led massacre at My Lia dominated the television, yet the daily atrocities committed by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong rarely made the evening news. The Vietnam War, exacerbated by the anti-war movement at home, gained increasing media attention. The Vietnam U.S. warriors [...]
Time Not Forgotten in The Valley of the Sun Zeus A New Year has begun and I cannot help think about what happened to the old one. I could not help the nostalgia that crept into my thoughts that brought flashbacks of previous events of which there was many, some outstanding, and some [...]
Vietnam War Its History Its Statistics Part II Operation Harvest Moon Marines under fire attack Viet Cong positions during Operation Harvest Moon. December 1965. Aggressive American tactics such as this kept the enemy off balance and forced the Viet Cong onto the defensive. The North Vietnamese Army (NVA) was soon to respond. Myth: [...]