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The history of America’s war in Vietnam offers a laboratory for the study of dysfunction. For half a century, historians, memoirists and journalists have chronicled no end of misunderstanding, ineptitude and even outright malfeasance on the part of Americans who led a war effort synonymous with failure. Ralph White’s captivating memoir, “Getting Out of Saigon,” shows that fresh revelations are still possible. Recounting his brief stint as head of the Chase Manhattan Bank’s Saigon branch, White unfolds a rollicking if ultimately depressing tale of American incompetence during the days leading up to the communist takeover of Saigon at the end of April 1975, the final defeat of Washington’s 20-year effort to defend an independent South Vietnam.

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This is the North Korean story we never hear. When Americans think of Joseph Kim’s homeland, words like “dictator,” and “authoritarian” and “political conflict” come to mind. But the 24-year-old American citizen and soon-to-be American University college student says that when Americans think of the country he fled in 2006, he wishes we would recall not just its politics, but the humanity of its people. “Everyone in the West talks about the oppressive, invasive government of North Korea, but what I experienced then was more frightening to a child: a complete absence of authority of any kind,” Kim writes of a chaotic moment when desperate migrants tried to board a train to find food.

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Jan Michael Vincent was an American actor born on July 15, 1944 in Denver, CO. He was best known for his roles in low-budget action films such as Buster and Billie, but he achieved massive fame for his role as Stringfellow Hawke on the television series Airwolf from 1984 to 1986. Jan Michael Vincent is a member of Movie Actor Age, Biography and Wiki 💰 Net worth Jan Michael Vincent, renowned for his contribution to the film industry as a movie actor in Colorado, is believed to have an estimated net worth ranging between $100,000 and $1 million in 2024.

By Anthony ZurcherNorth America correspondent Getty ImagesEvangelical Christian leader Pat Robertson, who ran for president as a Republican, has died at the age of 93. He was one of the driving forces of a movement to increase the influence of the religious right in US politics. He founded the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) in 1960 and helped grow it into a cable media empire. For decades, Robertson hosted a CBN talk show called the 700 Club that combined religious news and political commentary with light entertainment.

Explore More Taylor Rooks stole the spotlight during the Eagles-Vikings game during “Thursday Night Football” on Prime Video. The Turner Sports broadcaster, 31, was elegant as ever in a cropped pink blazer and matching pleated skirt while reporting on the sidelines at Lincoln Financial Field, where the Eagles defeated the Vikings 34-28 in Week 2. Rooks, who also serves as broadcaster for Bleacher Reporter and NBA TV, wore a black tank top and pointed black heels.

Nobody knows for sure how Turkey Point got its name, but old-timers on the 140-acre jut of land just south of Annapolis on the Chesapeake Bay speculate that it comes from the wild turkeys that once roamed the area when it was farmland a century ago. While the turkeys are gone and the farmland has been divided into lots for about 160 homes, the land is still a rich habitat for other wildlife -- fox and rabbits, ducks and swans.