From the Archives
DMZ ambush survivors seen lucky to be alive
Observers at the scene of Sunday night's bold ambush by Communist North Koreans who machine-gunned and killed four United Nations Command soldiers reached one conclusion: "I don't see how anybody survived this."
The sparks that kindled the flames of war
Viewed through the prism of time, the years after World War II can seem like an idyllic era, with U.S. power supreme, the middle class thriving and families living stable “Ozzie and Harriet” lives after decades of war and economic depression.
Decades later, vet goes back to Vietnam for good
Michael Cull is sipping a smoothie on a beach deck at the Sailing Club, sitting in nearly the same spot he did as a soldier 50 years ago.
Flying solo in 1966 with a thousand missions to come
The day I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, I wrote a note to my father saying, “Dad, thanks a million. Looks like you’ve done all you can. Now it’s up to me!”
Two pilots, once enemies, now friends
Tu De, a 16-year-old from Hanoi, spent most of 1966 learning how to fly fighter planes in the Soviet Union.
Faces of the Wall reaches 20,000 photos as education center gains momentum
Nearly a decade ago, Jim Reece and his brother Tom were talking about a high school friend who had been killed in Vietnam, and they decided to look online to see if there was any information about him on a memorial site.
Vietnam leads to the death of the draft and the rise of the professional soldier
During the dark days of Vietnam, morale was so low hit lists were known to circulate within units, nominating unpopular leaders to be fragged — the military term when soldiers murder one of their own.