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“The Vietnam War,” Episode Four: (Jan. 1966 – June 1967)

Posted on September 21, 2017 by richardmorrisauthor

Today is the International Day of Peace, Thursday, September 21st, established in 1981 by a unanimous United Nations resolution. At a time when our President is threatening to nuke North Korea, we might consider re-reading Hiroshima by John Hersey to remind … Continue reading →

Posted in Relating to Cologne No. 10 for Men | Tagged 1st Cavalry Division, A Co. 2/5, A2/5, Ankhe, Case-Western Reserve, Counting Bodies in the Nam, Crossover Point, Ft. Benning, Ft. Gordon, Ft. Jackson, Haiphong, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh Trail, Infantry Officer Candidate School, Jungle School, KIA, kill ratio, Robert McNamara, search-and-destroy, Wayne Morse, Western Reserve University, William Fullbright | Leave a comment

“The Vietnam War,” Part 1, on PBS

Posted on September 18, 2017 by richardmorrisauthor

[What follows is a brief summary of Episode One of the Ken Burns/Lynn Novick Special “The Vietnam War” along with my personal commentaries, songs, and writings about where I was during this period. – Former 1Lt. Richard Morris, A Co. 2nd Bn 5th Cavalry, … Continue reading →

Posted in Relating to Cologne No. 10 for Men | Tagged 1st Cavalry Division, Bao Dai, Cambodia, Diem, Dien Bien Phu, France, French, French Indochina, Ft. Benning, Ft. Polk, Ho Chi Minh, Infantry Officer Candidate School, International Communism, Japanese, Ken Burns, Laos, Lynn Novick, Malaysia, North Korea, OCS, PBS, Pleiku, Thailand, Vietnam War | Leave a comment

Fact or Fiction in Vietnam

Posted on October 22, 2014 by richardmorrisauthor

In preparation for the October 25, 2014 (9:00 a.m.) book club discussion of Cologne No. 10 For Men at Busboys and Poets in Hyattsville, MD, I thought I would prepare a detailed breakdown on what is fact and what is fiction in the novel, … Continue reading →

Posted in Relating to Cologne No. 10 for Men | Tagged 1st Cavalry Division, Ankhe, atrocity, Bong Son, Bong Son Bridge, C-4, Camp Radcliff, chaplain, Chinook, Combat Assault, Cordon and Search, Duster, H&I, Harassment and Interdiction, Huey, Landing Zones, LZ English, LZs, M42 Duster, night illumination, Peanuts, Rockpile, Search and Clear, search-and-destroy, Sin City, Spooky, Terrence Khoo, Tonkin Gulf Incident, Vietnam War | 2 Comments

Happy anniversary, MDWP

Posted on May 28, 2013 by richardmorrisauthor

On Memorial Day, May 27, I honored American veterans by reading from Cologne No. 10 For Men and singing songs from my CD, Skytroopers – songs of war, peace, and love from Vietnam. The venue was the twentieth anniversary Memorial … Continue reading →

Posted in Relating to Cologne No. 10 for Men, Relating to Skytroopers, CD | Tagged 1st Cavalry Division, A Co. 2/5, body counts, Bong Son Bridge, Clyde Wray, Franklin Taggart, Khe Sanh, lullaby, Memorial Day, memorial day writers' project, Mike McDonell, Open Mic, Operation Pegasus, PTSD, Rockpile Operation, Skytroopers, Vietnam, Vietnam 1967, Vietnam Memorial | 1 Comment

Kill Anything That Moves – The Real American War In Vietnam, by Nick Turse: A One-Sided View of the War

Posted on March 8, 2013 by richardmorrisauthor

Nick Turse’s meticulously-researched investigations of American war crimes in Vietnam have gained him a Ridenhour Prize for Reportorial Distinction, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and a fellowship at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. His bestselling work, Kill Anything That Moves, … Continue reading →

Posted in Relating to Cologne No. 10 for Men, Relating to Skytroopers, CD | Tagged 1st Air Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, artillery, atrocity, Binh Dinh, bombing, Bong Son, Canh Giao Cave, Captain Pratt, Cavalair, Cologne No. 10 For Men, counting bodies, Counting Bodies in the Nam to Prove That We Have Won, free-fire zones, Guggenheim Fellowship, H&I, hamlets, Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, infantry, Julian Ewell, Kill Anything That Moves, kill ratio, killing fields, Memorial Day, New Life Hamlet, Nick Turse, NVA, Pentagon, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Ridenhour Prize for Reportorial Distinction, search-and-destroy, Skytroopers, Speedy Express, The Real American War in Vietnam, The Wall, Turse, Viet Cong, Vietnam, Vietnam Memorial, Vietnam War, war crimes, War Crimes Working Group | 2 Comments

A Skytrooper Moves On… “Without A Song”

Posted on April 29, 2011 by richardmorrisauthor

March 8, 2011 marked the passing of Col. U.S. Army (Ret.) Joseph Bland Love who had a remarkable career in the army and who crossed my path in Vietnam. (When I talked to him on the telephone about a year … Continue reading →

Posted in Relating to Skytroopers, CD | Tagged 1st Air Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, 5th Cavalry, A 2/5, A Co 2nd Battalion 5th Cavalry, Col. Joseph Love, Ft. Hood, Garry Owen, Garryowen, Khe Sahn, memorial day writers' project, Robert E. Lee, Saddle Up Black Knights, Skytroopers, Skytroopers CD, Vietnam 1967-68, We Are Saddled Up And Ready Col. Robbie | 2 Comments

Honoring Veterans

Posted on November 14, 2010 by richardmorrisauthor

For the third year in a row, I spent Veterans Day on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. in the Memorial Day Writers’ Project tent (www.memorialdaywritersproject.com) near the Vietnam Memorial where a dozen of us honored our veterans with … Continue reading →