
DOD agency IDs remains of 3 airmen killed at secret Laos radar site in 1968
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has identified the remains of three airmen killed in action in Laos in 1968 when their secret mountaintop radar site was overrun by North Vietnamese commandos.
2 Vietnam War soldiers to receive Medal of Honor
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.
1966: Pilots face Viet Cong in a bubble
They fly at the enemy in plastic bubbles, coming in “low and slow.” These men who fly the 10 “Scout” H-13’s of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, are almost totally exposed to anyone shooting at them.
Red Cross girls pep up troops with coffee, donuts and shows
With the 7th U.S. Inf. Div., Korea (S&S) – The “donut dollies” are keeping them smiling in the 7th Inf. Div.
Stripes Man on Scene in Saigon
When the Presidential Palace in Saigon was bombed Tuesday. Pacific Stars and Stripes Photographer M/Sgt. Al Chang was in the street near the palace preparing for a photographic assignment.
‘Flat-out, straight-up American hero’: 2 Vietnam soldiers who rescued fellow troops in combat receive Medal of Honor
Bill Johnson, a former Ohio congressman and now president of Youngstown State University, made a point Friday to say a few words to Kenneth David and shake the former soldier’s hand before he received the Medal of Honor.
Weather girl wows Saigon
Vietnam's most talked-about TV personality these days is a blue-eyed blonde named Bobbie, the Armed Forces Television weather girl currently weathering her debut in front of TV cameras.