The Cold War - the 60's - Vietnam
1950 - 1959
1950 Average Cost of a new car $1,510.00
1951 Truman relieves MacArthur of duties in Korea
1952 Einstein refuses presidency of Israel
1953 Supreme Court back right-to-work law
1954 Communist Party outlawed in U.S.
1955 Disneyland opens in California
1956 Egypt nationalizes Suez canal
1957 National Guard sent to Arkansas to enforce desegregation
1958 Sir Edmund Hillary reaches the South Pole
1959 Castro comes to power in Cuba
1960 - 1965
1966 - 1975
1966 Richard Speck mass murders nurses in Chicago
1967 Thurgood Marshall first black Supreme Court justice
1968 Hong Kong flu
1969 Neil Armstrong first man on moon
1970 Aswan High Dam completed in Egypt
1971 Idi Amin takes power in Uganda
1972 Bloody Sunday in Ireland
1973 Yom Kippur War
1974 US speed limit set at 55
1975 Spain's Francisco Franco dies
Supplemental Information For This Era
The Cold War
After World War II the regional spoils of Europe were overseen by the U.S., Britain and Russia. The futures of the areas overseen were vastly different.
Wilson Center Research
Cold War Museum
Cold War History
Cold War UK Archives
Events of the Cold War
Dwight Eisenhower Biography
Images of the Korean War
Images of the Suez Canal
Biography of Fidel Castro
Changes in the 60's
I graduated High School and got married during the turbulent 60's. My friends went to Woodstock - I went to the Altar.
Cultural and Values
The Sixties
The Sixties on PBS
Music of the 60's
Civil Rights
Martin Luther King
Hippies
Images of the Berlin Wall
Images of the Civil Rights Movement
Viet Nam
The Communist Threat reared up first shortly after World War II. After the French were driven from this Asian battleground, American President's committed America to another War.
Dien Bien Phu
Kennedy and Viet Nam
Battlefield Viet Nam
The History Place
LBJ and Viet Nam
Nixon and Viet Nam
The War Memorial - "The Wall"
Images of the Viet Nam War
JFK Biography
LBJ Biography
Richard Nixon Biography
Weapons of the Viet Nam War
US Artillery in Viet Nam
US Air Force in Viet Nam
Images of US Infantry in Viet Nam
US Navy in Viet Nam
Webmaster Military Experience
Basic Training-Ft Campbell
LPC-Ft Knox (top graduate)
AIT Armor-Ft Knox (top graduate)
OJT-Ft Kox
NCO School-Ft Knox (#2 graduate-beaten by a better man)
Tank Training NCO Tank Commander-Ft Knox
TACTICS AND WEAPONS
M16
Colt 45
M14
45 cal. Submachine gun (grease gun)
M60 machine gun
M79 Grenade Launcher
30 cal tank mounted machine gun
50 cal tank mounted machine gun
90 mm tank rounds
105 mm tank rounds
M48 Main Battle Tank
M60 Main Battle Tank
Shillelagh wire guided missle
Redeye shoulder mounted heat seeking missle
Sheridan armored personel carrier
advanced hand to hand combat
enemy plane spotting
mortar forward observer
artillery forward observer
radio communications
map reading and recon
(training for one full year as a draftee - sent to Korea - given desk job in Ration Control, Letters of Authorization for major purchases and dog tags, 2nd Inf. Div. Adjutant General Office. Dong Du Chon, Korea)
Honorably discharged Christmas Eve, 1971 from Fort Lewis, Washington; Pulled temp street corner assignment there while General Westmorland passed by. Gave my snappiest salute. Arrived home the south side of Chicago Christmas morning at 7 a.m. .......by surprise! Family was unaware of my coming home. Cool!
Isn't It The Same?
Many Christians claim Jesus Christ gave his life to save us. When a soldier raises his or her hand and pledges his or her life for the country - isn't it the same?