Vietnam War

A decommissioned U.S. warship, originally selected for target practice during a joint military exercise, sank unexpectedly on its own Monday off the Philippines’ western coast.

The first refugees out of Saigon — 54 Vietnamese orphans — arrived at Yokota AB early Thursday after a dash to freedom from an increasingly nervous South Vietnamese capital. This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, April 4, 1975. It is republished unedited in its original form.

Nine Red Cross registered nurses and volunteers, all of them wives of Air Force men stationed in Japan, returned from a “babylift” flight carrying Vietnamese orphans to the United States and said they’d “make the trip again anytime.” This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Apr. 9, 1975. It is republished unedited in its original form.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency’s forensic lab in Hawaii has begun analyzing dozens of human remains retrieved from Laos and the Philippines in recent weeks in hopes of identifying U.S. service members who were killed in World War II and the Vietnam War.

The pancakes and sausages served at the Camp Hansen United Service Organizations’ Flapjack Fridays came with a helping of American hero last week.

For decades, Spc. 4 Donald P. Sloat’s mother thought he had died after stepping on a land mine in Vietnam. Then, in 2010, she heard the real story: Her son was killed saving the lives of the other men in his squad.