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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 592

Vietnam War

File: Daniel Ellsberg speaks during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, December 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
June 16, 2023, 11:57 pm
Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers leaker who exposed Vietnam War secrets, dies at 92
Fighter-turned-whistle-blower embodied the individual of conscience, answering only to his sense of right and wrong even if price was his own freedom
By Hillel Italie
Palestinians inspect the damage to their homes following a ceasefire between Gaza's Hamas rulers and Israel, in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, Friday, May 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
May 22, 2021, 5:38 pm
Hamas’s forever war against Israel has a glitch, and it isn’t Iron Dome
Why Hamas promises another war soon, and another and another. And why it won’t work
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Illustrative: Senate Foreign Relations Committee members seen from behind in the foreground: (left to right) Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., Sen. Stuart Symington, D-Mo., Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, Sen. William Fullbright, D-Ark., Sen. Albert Gore, D-Tenn., and Sen. George Aiken, R-VT, on April 11, 1969. (AP Photo)
May 7, 2020, 6:05 pm
50 years ago, upstart rabbi used Jewish law to tell Senate to end Vietnam War
36-year-old Irving Greenberg was virtually unknown when he told US leaders the Vietnam War dehumanized victims created in the image of God. There are lessons to be learned today
By Josh Feigelson
John Filo's Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio, a 14-year-old runaway, kneeling over the body of Jeffrey Miller minutes after he was fatally shot by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. (JTA)
May 4, 2020, 11:52 pm
Remembering the Kent State University shooting on its 50th anniversary
Three of the four students killed by Ohio National Guard at protest against Vietnam War were Jewish; school presents a virtual commemoration dedicated to memory of incident
By Marcy Oster
US President Donald Trump smiles as Defense Secretary James Mattis (C) looks on during a meeting with senior military leaders at the White House on October 5, 2017.(AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)
December 21, 2018, 7:40 am
Jim Mattis: The ‘Mad Dog’ who for two years concealed his true thoughts on Trump
Outgoing defense secretary’s resignation letter spelled out the obvious: The president’s world view was irreconcilable with his own
By AFP
US president Lyndon Johnson (2R) and Gen. William C. Westmoreland (R), commander of US forces in Vietnam, on December 25, 1967. (AP Photo/File)
From the WebOctober 7, 2018, 7:47 pm
Top US general sought nuclear option in Vietnam, documents reveal
William C. Westmoreland activated secret plans to move warheads for possible use against Communist forces, but was overruled by president, the NY Times reports
This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School shows Maj. Gen. Sidney Shachnow, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Shachnow, who survived the holocaust as a child and fought in Vietnam as a US Army Green Beret before serving as the top American Army officer in Berlin, died Sept. 27, 2018. He was 83. (U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School via AP)
October 4, 2018, 3:48 am
Sidney Shachnow, Holocaust survivor turned US Army major general, dies at 83
After fighting as Green Beret in Vietnam, he went on to command American forces in what was then West Berlin
By Ben Finley
Former Hoa Lo Prison Jailor Tran Trong Duyet is seen in his house in Hai Phong,Vietnam, Friday, June 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki)
August 28, 2018, 9:40 am
Former Vietnamese jailer mourns McCain: ‘I feel very sad’
Head of infamous ‘Hanoi Hilton’ prison fondly recalls late US senator’s ‘toughness and strong stance’ during his 5 years of captivity
By Tran Vah Minh
In this Jan. 30, 2000 file photo, Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and his wife Cindy, smile as confetti falls on them at the end of their 114th New Hampshire town hall meeting with voters at the Peterborough Town House in Peterborough, N.H. (AP/Stephan Savoia)
August 26, 2018, 5:34 am
From captivity to electoral candor, 9 moments that defined John McCain
Maverick Republican became an instant celebrity once he was released from Vietnam, and later became known for commitment to civility and ability to cross the aisle in Congress
By Laurie Kellman
Senator John McCain (Republican-Arizona) receives the Liberty Medal from the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
August 26, 2018, 3:36 am
John McCain, US war hero and maverick Republican senator, dies at 81
Former presidential candidate, known for bridging political divides and years held captive in north Vietnam, succumbs to brain cancer, office says
By Nancy Benac
John Filo’s Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio, a 14-year-old runaway, kneeling over the body of Jeffrey Miller minutes after he was fatally shot by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. (Via JTA)
May 29, 2018, 2:51 am
Elaine Holstein, last surviving parent of Kent State victims, dies at 96
The photo of Jeffrey Miller at the 1970 Ohio university protest became an iconic anti-war symbol. For ‘typical Jewish mother’ Holstein, it depicted the cruel death of her son
By Steve North
LIFE magazine cover. (Jewish Week)
From the WebMarch 16, 2018, 4:34 pm
Hindsight makes 2017 look a lot like 1968
We only hope that the pillars of our democracy are as resilient in the face of turmoil as they were 50 years ago
By Gary Rosenblatt
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting to urge passage of bills to enforce federal laws on immigration in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 28, 2017. (Nicholas/AFP)
August 7, 2017, 4:42 pm
Trump lashes senator as liar, fraud in tweetstorm
US president calls Richard Blumenthal ‘a phony Vietnam con artist’ after calls for special investigation into collusion with Russia
By ToI Staff
This file photo taken on April 28, 2016 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City shows actress Julianna Margulies attending 'The Good Wife' Finale Party. (AFP/Getty Images North America//Jamie McCarthy)
April 22, 2017, 5:50 am
Good Wife star Margulies to produce Vietnam War series
Jewish actress working on pilot for program depicting the stories of female reporters during the war
By AFP and ToI Staff
American-Jewish peace activist Stanley K. Sheinbaum with former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 1988. (screen capture: YouTube)
September 13, 2016, 9:22 am
American Jewish peace activist Stanley Sheinbaum dies at 96
Earning ‘most-hated Jew’ moniker for meeting Yasser Arafat in 1980s, ex-economics professor later admitted quest for Mideast peace failed
By AP
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