One of the Most Decorated Veterans of All Time: David H. Hackworth
The record for combat decorations in Vietnam
The M107 Shelled the Enemy Deep Inside North Vietnam
The M107, which entered production in 1963, arose from the desire for a family of artillery weapons that were self-propelled (drivable), transportable by air and based on the same chassis. The result was two systems: the M107 gun and M110 howitzer.
America’s ‘Last Battle’ of the Vietnam War was a Fiasco
The humiliating April 29, 1975, image of U.S. helicopters evacuating Americans and Vietnamese from Saigon rooftops as North Vietnamese troops overran South Vietnam to win the Vietnam War was a political-military disaster damaging America’s global prestige. Two weeks later, the U.S. endured another humiliation in Southeast Asia.
How North Vietnam Claimed More Aces Than It Really Had
North Vietnam racked up fewer aerial victories than it claimed
These 5 Nations Joined Forces With the U.S. in Vietnam
Nearly 40 countries provided material support, but a handful contributed numerous soldiers
The South Vietnam Pilot Who Performed a Daring Feat To Save His Family
As his country crumbled, a South Vietnamese pilot attempting a high-risk landing on the Midway depended on the ship’s quick-thinking crew to save his family from disaster
Life as an Air America CIA Pilot in Vietnam
In September 1964, Neil Hansen began his adventure as a pilot with Air America—the CIA’s secret airline—working clandestine operations in Southeast Asia.
Valor | Sgt. Richard Loy Etchberger
He died saving fellow airmen on a secret mission. And fellow airmen campaigned to get him an MOH delayed for decades.
The Capture of Hamburger Hill
In May 1969, U.S. soldiers paid a heavy price in America’s last great combat assault of the war. Was it worth it?
‘They Gave Me the Last Rites’
Seriously wounded Army infantryman Doug Greenlaw now leads the Purple Heart organization, dedicated to all who spilled blood for their country.
My Lai’s Ghostly Footprints
Time hasn’t erased a massacre’s haunting images
The North Vietnamese Bridge That Took Seven Years to Destroy
The road and railway bridge at Thanh Hoa south of Hanoi spanned the Ma River and was a vital link in the movement of communist troops and supplies. For the better part of a decade, U.S. Navy, Marine and Air Force aviators braved the flak-filled skies over North Vietnam on missions to destroy the 56-foot-wide bridge, christened the “Dragon’s Jaw” by locals, and sever that link.
The Revolt of the Montagnards
South Vietnam’s treatment of its largest minority after a 1964 uprising weakened an alliance crucial to defeating the communists
The Doom Patrol: Eight Marines on a Suicide Mission in Vietnam
In February 1968, eight Marines volunteered for a suicide mission
