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Septuagenarian Becomes Oldest Actor Ever in Porn Hall of Fame

The phrase "do something you love and you'll never work a day in your life" seems completely apropos for porn actor Dave Cummings. Although Cummings (born David Connors) turns 71 in a few weeks, an age when many of his contemporaries have retired, he is still working hard at his craft, almost 17 years after entering what...

In Vietnam War Love Story, a Medallion Comes Home

PARIS - It was a love token worn through the blood-drenched rice paddies and jungles of the Vietnam War. For Henri Huet, the Virgin Mary medallion was his one constant link to Cecile, the woman he loved. The celebrated Associated Press photographer carried it in his pocket or hung it around his neck. It was engraved for...

Reagan Remembered: An Unyielding Faith in America's Greatness

Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congres

When I was a prisoner of war, the Vietnamese went to great lengths to restrict the news from home to only prominent opponents of the war. They wanted us to believe America had forgotten us. They never mentioned Ronald Reagan. No matter. We knew about him. New additions to our ranks told us how the then governor and Mrs....

Presidential Pilot Remembers Flights Both Fancy and Fraught With Danger

He sits on a couch thumbing through a photo album. "Here's Dwight Eisenhower," he says. "And LBJ, Gerald Ford, Leonid Brezhnev and Walter Cronkite." Famed Army One helicopter pilot, Retired Master Army Aviator Lt. Col. Gene Boyer, is glancing over the images that defined his life. He stops and recalls, wistfully, what it...

Robert Bentley: 5 Facts About the Ultra-Christian Alabama Governor

Robert Bentley had barely started his tenure as Alabama governor when he got himself into hot water. Hours after his swearing-in, Bentley spoke at a Baptist church, where he said that fellow Christians are his "brothers and sisters," but "anybody here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I'm...

Vietnam War News From the Web

05/31/12 AP 'napalm girl' photo from Vietnam War turns 40 Source: The Modesto Bee - Modesto CA It only took a second for Associated Press photographer Huynh Cong "Nick" Ut to snap the iconic black-and-white image 40 years ago.
05/31/12 âOne of the most important things we do' Source: HometownLife.com Sixty-four red, white and blue balloons floated in the sky over the South Lyon Cemetery Monday morning representing the 64 local veterans that died in the past year.
05/31/12 Nonsense on the Vietnam War Source: Harry's Place On The Commentator blog, James Boys has an article which ostensibly attacks President Obama's statement that would put the commencement of the Vietnam War in 1962, a year when John F Kennedy (JFK) was President.
05/31/12 Anniversary of Vietnam War sparks emotions Source: News-Leader - Springfield MO A new national effort to mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War is creating mixed feelings with local veterans.
05/30/12 Obama Reflects 'Hard Lessons' of Vietnam War on 50th Source: Laos News President Obama on Monday reflected the "hard lessons" of the Vietnam War, calling it "one of the most painful chapters in our history," as the country begins a 13-year commemoration that marks the 50th anniversary of major U.S. engagement in the war.

Background on Vietnam War

The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries.

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