We were fortunate to hear one such story. Most of us in our 60s or older recall an iconic bit of film footage depicting the ...
We’ve been learning about Karl Porisch’s Vietnam service, piloting Marine CH-46 helicopters out of Marble Mountain Airfield south of Danang. He recalled that night medevac missions were challenging ...
The Anaconda honors students will record these stories about Vietnam in a book that will be given to the veterans, to share ...
Minden resident Jeff Evans and Col. Jackson Doan, commanding officer of the Marines’ Mountain Warfare Training Center north of Bridgeport, California, were among the speakers at this year’s annual ...
Robert Lodge chose death over the prospect of giving up information to enemy forces. (U.S. Air Force) Maj. Robert Alfred ...
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Ralph Henry Johnson dived on a grenade to save another Marine. His name adorns Charleston’s VA ...
On the anniversary when combat troops left South Vietnam, the local remembrance day focused on the theme of “Honor and ...
Nearly every seat was filled at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial hosted on Monday night, March 31, at the Saline County Courthouse. The event was organized by the county government and ...
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 ...
A retired Chemical Corps major defended freedom on the Korean Peninsula and served in the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm ...