The pilot who died in a crash at Scottsdale Airport was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who had flown for 60 years, his daughter said.

He was 75. Born in Lakeview, Oregon, Mawhinney began his legendary career in 1967 after he graduated from high school and enlisted in the Marine Corps that year to fight in Vietnam. Upon joining ...

Seventh Marines in Vietnam in 1966. “Though severely wounded three times, he rendered aid to those incapable until he finally reached the right flank of the platoon,” reads Ingram’s bio on ...

US involvement in Vietnam began on 8 March 1965, when 3,500 marines were put ashore at Da Nang, South Vietnam. It effectively ended on 30 April 1975 with helicopter flights taking staff and ...

Serving for thirty-six years, the A-6 was a hallmark of the Navy and Marine Corps’ offensive capabilities. The airframe resulted from a Bureau of Aeronautics request for an all-weather attack ...

Go Noi Island, Vietnam, June 12, 1969 ... The 1st Division, together with ARVN and Korean Marines are concentrating on destroying enemy fortifications, bunkers, tunnels and supply areas to ...

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - US Congress gave President Lyndon Johnson permission to wage war on North Vietnam. The first major contingent of US Marines arrived in 1965. For the next ten years the ...

United States Marine Corps.The Marine Corps will celebrate its 250th birthday on November 10, 2025.In the Price of Freedom we take a ...