There were a number of long-term and short-term reasons to explain why the USA became involved in Vietnam in the late 1950s. Before World War Two Vietnam had been part of the French Empire.

The U.S. entered Vietnam with confidence but quickly found itself in a war it could not win. Against the backdrop of Cold War ...

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - “I don’t want the interview today to be about me. I was a combat engineer, but I was not in the ...

A multi-year cleanup at a former U.S. air base in Vietnam was abruptly halted when the Trump administration cut funding, ...

THE VIETNAM WAR The Landmark Documentary Event by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Returns Thursday, March 27 at 9:00 pm Episode One: “Deja Vu (1858-1961)” After a long and... Read More ...

The fall of the South Vietnam capital of Saigon on April 30, 1975 — soon to be 50 years ago — effectively spelled the end of ...

Sitting peacefully amid us in the Pacific Northwest is one of the defining symbols of a trigger-point to America’s involvement in Vietnam in the 1960s and '70s.

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — There's a good chance you'll see a Vietnam War-era veteran here in South Florida. One in three veterans in Florida are from that era, according to the Florida ...