Author, historian and Vietnam veteran Marc Leepson's new book, "The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW's Story of Courage ...

Doug Hegdahl, the subject of Marc Leepson’s “The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW’s Story of Courage and Resilience in ...

The U.S. Navy has used standard naming conventions for its ships and sumbarines since it was established in 1775, but who ...

Larry Chambers' orders saved lives by pushing helicopters into the sea during the end of the Vietnam War. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In April 1975, as the North Vietnamese closed in on Saigon, Americans ...

Harold 'Hal' Todd Jr. served on the USS Lagarto (SS 371) during World War II and frequently wrote letters to his wife, Rae. While on deployment, Rae gave birth to their son, but Hal was killed in ...

"I was 18 years old when I got on that ship and went to war," said Broussard. Broussard’s naval career spanned six years, taking him across multiple deployments. He served on the USS Missouri ...

The Vietnam war remains one of the most wrenching of U.S. conflicts, as seen in a new Apple TV+ docuseries, 'Vietnam: The War That Changed America' ...

For many Americans, especially those born after the Vietnam War ended in 1975 ... There's also Larry Chambers, who during the war commanded the aircraft carrier USS Midway. When told a small ...

Comprised of the first-in-class Kitty Hawk, USS Constellation ... who had served as a naval officer during World War II. After his motor torpedo boat was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer ...