The History of M.W.S.A.

In 1998, Vietnam veteran author Bill McDonald built a website presence for his old Army unit (The 128th Assault Helicopter Company) that also honored all facets of the Vietnam War. That original website started off with just the poetry and prose he had composed while on his tour of duty in South Vietnam. That website was named The Vietnam Experience www.vietnamexp.com. It began as a humble reservoir of his war memories and eventually expanded to include dozens of his brothers in arms.

The first six months online the website traffic increased to over 17,000 visitors a month, eventually peaking at close to 275,000 a month after he participated in the making of the war documentary film (from Arrowhead Films) called In The Shadow of The Blade www.intheshadowoftheblade.com  The Vietnam Experience website eventually surpassed 30 million total visitors in 2008. They no longer track the total...