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Actor Bradley Cooper stars as Chris Kyle in the movie "American Sniper." (2014 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.)

‘American Sniper’: Bradley Cooper movie raises awareness of veterans’ struggles

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

While more Iraq and Afghanistan vets are surviving their injuries, more are losing their limbs in attacks. (Associated Press)

More than 1,000 troops have lost limbs in Iraq, Afghanistan: report

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

WILLIAM PERRY PENDLEY: How Reagan saved the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

By William Perry Pendley

A bunker at the Vietnam Experience exhibit at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, S.C., is seen in this Nov. 7, 2014 photograph. The exhibit, featuring a rare river patrol boat, vintage helicopters, a high-tech sound system and other effects simulates what it was like in the jungles of Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War a half century ago. The exhibit is part of a $5 million effort to make exhibits at the museum more interactive. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

SC maritime museum opens Vietnam exhibit

By Bruce Smith - Associated Press

Chance Pellum is among the small percentage of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who have joined the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Many others want more than smoky bars and feel unwelcome by Vietnam-era veterans, who make up the largest portion of the VFW and American Legion membership. (Associated Press)

LERMON: What those who serve their country deserve

By Mike Lermon

President Lyndon B. Johnson confers with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, November 23, 1963.
(AP Photo/ File)

BRUCE FEIN: Vietnam War was a political crime

By Bruce Fein

Pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

BRUCE FEIN: China’s industrial scale lawlessness presages weakness

By Bruce Fein

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014 file photo, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses business leaders as he launches his "Make in India" initiative, prior to his scheduled departure to the U.S. in New Delhi, India. After months of criticism for not moving aggressively enough on promises of an economic overhaul, Modi, who led his Bharatiya Janata Party to a landslide election win in May, announced a string of policies designed to kick-start Asia's third-largest economy. Over the past week, Modi has unveiled an overhaul of India's archaic labor laws, freed diesel prices from state control and signed an executive order promising to open India's coal industry to private companies. Modi, on promises that he would re-energize India's stumbling economy, faced a flurry of criticism after his July budget failed to provide new direction. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, File)

EDITORIAL: Capitalism’s new fans

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Secretary of State John Kerry shakes hands with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh as they speak to media at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, before having a working lunch. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

U.S. to allow lethal maritime weaponry sales to Vietnam: ‘This is not an anti-China move’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

President Lyndon B. Johnson (right) confers with his secretary of defense, Robert McNamara. (AP Photo/ File)

FEIN: Obama echoes LBJ on Vietnam

By Bruce Fein

President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor for Army Spc. Donald P. Sloat to his brother William Sloat, left, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Sept., 15, 2014. Donald P. Sloat of Coweta, Okla., was killed in action on Jan. 17, 1970, at age 20. While on patrol, a soldier in his squad triggered a hand grenade trap that had been placed in their path by enemy forces. According to the White House, Sloat picked up the live grenade, initially to throw it away. When he realized it was about to detonate, he shielded the blast with his own body in order to save the lives of his fellow soldiers.&#160;(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama awards two Medals of Honor for bravery in Vietnam

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Memories of Vietnam flooding back

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

BOOK REVIEW: ‘One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War’

By Gary Anderson - Special to The Washington Times

President Barack Obama greets a legionnaire after speaking at the American Legion national convention in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014. Three months after a veterans' health care scandal rocked his administration, President Barack Obama is taking executive action to improve the mental well-being of veterans. The president was to announce his initiatives during an appearance before the American Legion National Convention that is fraught with midterm politics. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Veterans see VA scandal as key in Congress races

By EMERY P. DALESIO - Associated Press

** FILE ** U.S. Pacific Command's Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, talks to the media following a session on "Security Outlook" in the ongoing World Economic Forum on East Asia Friday, May 23, 2014, at the financial district of Makati city east of Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

China actively agitating, creating instability, says U.S. Adm. Locklear

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE -In this July 3, 1968 file photo, Marines of the first battalion, ninth marines ride on a lightweight tank-like vehicle carrying four 106mm recoilless rifles near Khe Sanh in Vietnam. The Marine Corps is holding a deactivation ceremony on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, for the 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, a battalion nicknamed the “Walking Dead.” (AP Photo/Stone)

‘Walking Dead’ Marine battalion to be deactivated

By JONATHAN DREW - Associated Press

Above: Mobs scale the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, Vietnam, in April 1975 to escape the imminent communist takeover. Left: In April 1956, black and white passengers sit segregated on a trolley in Atlanta, despite a Supreme Court decision. Both were pivot points in U.S. history.

EDITORIAL: The threat of fall of Baghdad evokes Saigon 1975

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES