Last Words of A Marine’s Friend and Hero: ‘I’m Going to Get that Gun’
Marine 1st Lt. Lee Roy Herron saved the lives of numerous Marines before being killed during a Feb. 22, 1969 battle in the A Shau Valley
He Went from NYC to Vietnam to Deliver Beer During a War — Now His Story is Coming to the Big Screen
Raise your glasses, because this is going to be a fun one.
To Save Others: A Sergeant Forced the Enemy to Fire on Him
As trucks swerved to avoid enemy fire, Skidgel ordered his driver to go directly into the center of the enemy ambush
The U.S. Army’s Year of ‘Grievous Blows’
Fifty years ago one of America’s most decorated generals shared his outrage with the press
How Communist Propaganda Efforts Helped this American POW in Vietnam
“I was looking for any way for my family to know I was alive," Dewey Wayne Waddell recalled
Secret War in Laos Told Through Life of Hmong Pilot
This book details the U.S. Air Force/CIA program recruiting young airmen from Laos’ Hmong mountain tribes to fly dangerous missions against communist forces
Share Yours Now: Operation Triumphus Crowdsources Personal Stories of the Vietnam War
Operation Triumphus, a new web platform, gathers the stories of Vietnam veterans from the source
Angels of the Battlefield: Nurses in Vietnam
Nurses who served in Vietnam gave much and received little
‘The Things They Carried’ Author Tim O’Brien on His Life’s Work, Trauma & Confronting Mortality
His final book is one he hopes will allow his children to hear their father's voice in its pages long after he's gone
Valérie André, the first woman to fly a helicopter in combat
André flew combat medevac missions in northwest Vietnam, rescuing wounded soldiers, and even parachuted into the field to treat severe casualties
A Surgeon’s Vietnam Story
Dr. Sheldon Kushner and a team of other military doctors provided much-needed care to South Vietnamese civilians
After Decades-Long Delay, One of the First Black Special Forces Officers May Be Awarded Medal of Honor
The Army “somehow lost the nomination.” Twice.
Battle of Long Tan: How Australians and New Zealanders Beat the Odds
Although not the biggest battle the Australians experienced, Long Tan was perhaps their most desperate and critical fight in Vietnam.
Virginian Sacrificed His Life to Save Friends in Vietnam
Facing a Viet Cong ambush, Ruppert Leon Sargent threw himself on enemy grenades to save the lives of his friends nearby
Bob Hope for the Holidays
Bob Hope brought stars, jokes and smiles to troops in Vietnam with his USO Christmas show
