The peace treaty was signed. Prisoners of war were coming home. The last thing America needed was an international incident.

Of course, in the parlance of the Counterculture movement that was taking hold alongside the Vietnam War (in opposition to that conflict), “puff the magic dragon” had a very different connotation. As ...

It’s disconcerting to see a general cry — especially one with four stars on his shoulders. But Lloyd W. “Fig” Newton — one of just seven African-Americans to wear four stars in U.S. military history — ...