Saigon, South Vietnam, December 1965: An American service member is interviewed by a CBS news team in front of the Metropole Hotel hours after a truck bomb exploded outside the building, which served ...

In 1965, the United States was widely regarded as the most powerful and prosperous nation on earth. The country was in the forefront of expanding the boundaries of democracy and free institutions ...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Richard Berliner doesn’t call himself a veteran, but he spent years in Saigon during the Vietnam War helping families and children caught in the crossfire. In 1966, Berliner ...

They’d watched overnight as the bombardments grew closer, and observed through binoculars as the final U.S. Marines piled into a helicopter from the roof of the embassy to be whisked away. BANGKOK (AP ...

How could America lose the Vietnam War? Even now, 50 years after the last American helicopters left Saigon, the answer is elusive. Despite pouring immense resources into Vietnam - including nearly 3 ...