War Bird

A-1 Skyraider. War Remnants Museum, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.


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Vietnamese  Flag The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... [read more]
Blog: The war industry
Date: October 17th 2008

There are many interesting exhibits in the War Remnants Museum (formerly named War Crimes Museum), Ho Chi Minh City (a.k.a. Saigon). One that caught my eye was an M-16 rifle imprinted with “General Motors, Hydramatic Division”. That got me thinking, if defense is an industry then war is a business? I did some research on the internet and confirmed that [url=http://wiki.gmnext. ... read more







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