Atlantic Liners collide 1956
This nameplate was used in 1956
Masthead 1995
This nameplate was used in 1995

From the Archives

A black and white photo of people, mostly men in suits, walking while holding photos of Martin Luther King Jr.

700 hail King in Osan march

More than 700 American military men of all races and ranks marched in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Sunday, climaxing a weekend tribute here to the slain civil rights leader.

An unknown Marine looks out over a valley from his vantage point atop the Rockpile in November 1966.

Rockpile Marines don't take too many hikes

It's a freak of nature, a jagged piece of rock shaped like Gibraltar that rises 750 feet in the air. In other wars it could have been called Bunker Hill, Heartbreak Ridge or Pork Chop Hill.

Big Red One defensive perimeter in Vietnam

Traveling doc keeps 'em smiling in combat

The 1st Inf. Div. trooper moaned in pain as the man in the medical tunic bent over his head. Chrome instruments flashed in the dingy light.

A graphic from 1967 showing the use of forward air controllers to combat thick cloud cover over Vietnam.

FACs now draw bullets, not waves

“There was a time when the north Vietnamese used to wave at us from their trenches. Now they shoot.”

9th Regiment Marines advance in 1967 toward North Vietnamese hilltop positions under cover of Marine air strikes.

Heavily outnumbered Marines beat the odds

“They acted like they were doped up. They just kept right on coming at us even after they were hit,” the Marine said.

South Vietnam, April, 1967: Helicopters stream in to take soldiers from the 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division on an "Eagle Mission" to investigate suspicious activity and round up Viet Cong suspects in Hau Nghia province.

'Eagle Flights' prey on fleeing Viet Cong

Swooping down on a village in Huey choppers, "Wolfhounds" from the 25th Inf. Div. pounced upon enemy suspects to start another Eagle Mission in Hau Nghia province.

A Vietnamese doctor is shown treating John McCain at the ''Hanoi Hilton'' prison after his jet was shot down during the Vietnam War. McCain later became a U.S. senator and unsuccessful candidate for president.

The Hanoi Hilton today: Shackles, plaques and airbrushed history

Going inside the stone walls of the prison sarcastically dubbed the “Hanoi Hilton” brings a respite from the honking traffic outside — until the iron shackles, dark cells and guillotine hammer home the suffering that went on there.