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‘What’s happening now is worse’: Midway skipper who pushed choppers off deck in fall of Saigon

As the human misery unfolded, then-Capt. Larry Chambers, the first Black aircraft carrier skipper, risked his career to help save those Vietnamese who had helped the U.S.

By Howard Altman

22 months ago

Inside Big Navy’s war on beards

Personnel with the permanent no-shave chits have six months to receive a medical reevaluation, which likely will trigger a new treatment regimen, according to the updated Bureau of Naval Personnel instruction.

By Courtney Mabeus

4 years ago

This admiral's brown water strategy blasted the Viet Cong out of the Mekong Delta waters

Vice Adm. Elmo “Bud” Zumwalt realized he had to inject new vigor into waterborne operations and devise a more effective strategy to abandon search-and-destroy tactics.

By David Sears

5 years ago

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