Nearly 400 people — most of whom were Vietnam veterans — gathered on the 50th anniversary of the end of U.S. involvement in ...

On Saturday, those who fought in that conflict gathered at the USS Hornet in Alameda for a ceremony marking National Vietnam War Veterans Day and they reflected on what lessons may have been learned ...

Maj. James Capers’ bravery helped his men survive an enemy attack. Now South Carolina’s congressional delegation is asking ...

After the conclusion of World War II, tensions in Southeast ... during the Cuban Missile Crisis. In Vietnam, as part of the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy, it went up against numerous enemy ...

It’s National Vietnam War ... in Vietnam. Marine Cpl. John Keiper was a helicopter-repair expert returning from a helicopter-maintenance mission Nov. 15, 1966, when the Army reconnaissance ...

Robert Lodge chose death over the prospect of giving up information to enemy forces. (U.S. Air Force) Maj. Robert Alfred ...

James Capers was in Vietnam, leading his Marine Corps ... inflicted devastating injuries on all eight Marines and killed their war dog, King.” Knowing his men’s lives were on the line, Capers ...

James Capers during his time in the Marine ... part of a reconnaissance unit — nicknamed “Team Broadminded” — that was sent to the front lines of the conflict. He went to war as a sergeant ...

On the anniversary when combat troops left South Vietnam, the local remembrance day focused on the theme of “Honor and ...

The 12th Littoral Combat Team will carry on the traditions of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, which earned the title “China ...