FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — It was March 12, 1971, in northern Vietnam’s Quin Tri, when the gun truck, “Proud American,” was struck by two B40 shoulder-fired rockets, destroying the vehicle, killing the ...

Those of us who were alive in the Vietnam era will remember the sight of Soviet-built tanks rolling into the presidential palace in Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City. The US had failed to keep South ...

As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Army Major Carol Kirk. She deployed to Vietnam as an Army nurse in 1969 and remembers some of the men she cared for. On this ...

Warrant Officer Stephen Peth was making his final turn at treetop level when he looked through the green Plexiglas above his head. In the landing zone below, South Vietnamese soldiers were standing ...

The pictures made the story of the massacre inescapable. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING FOR SOME VIEWERS. Vietnam-- a war and a country with which America has never come to terms.

From left, Sue Rhymer and her husband Pete at the 71st Evacuation Hospital in Pleiku, Vietnam. The photo was taken in 1969. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — Sue Rhymer spent five years in the U.S. Army ...

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ANN ARBOR, MI — Lawrence Dolph was at the University of Wisconsin majoring in history and trying to avoid clashing with police who used tear gas on students as the Vietnam War and protests against it ...

UNIVERSITY CITY (WPVI) -- A Vietnam veteran from Berks County officially became a US Citizen today after a long journey. The 73-year-old said he lived most of his life unaware that he was not an ...