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 ...
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 ...
Retired Air Force Maj. Neil Black demonstrates prisoner code “hand jive”. (Photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Neil Black was blindfolded, his hands bound behind him, and was forced to his knees.
Vietnam experiences of Navy vets from Florida helped Keith Saliba tell his "Crucible" story of America at war in the pivotal year of 1972.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In a Jacksonville home filled with diplomas and gratitude, one Vietnamese-American family points to a single number on a decades-old school report card — 5.5 — as a painful symbol ...
The country is moving closer to a genuine reckoning with painful and politically sensitive realities about the war that pitted Vietnamese against each other. April 30 marked the 50th anniversary of ...
When two understrength Marine companies pushed north along Highway 561 on the morning of July 2, 1967, they walked straight into hell. Alpha and Bravo Companies of 1st Battalion, 9th Marines—numbering ...
Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War. Vietnam ...