Vietnam War
‘Going in their honor’: Vietnam veterans to visit key battle sites for first time since war’s end
Veterans returning to Vietnam to tour battle sites in Hanoi, Da Nang, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City.
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.
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.
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.”
Go-kart fun, thrills in 'Da Nang 500'
Cpl. Don Wermter piloted his 8-horsepower go-kart to victory in the 2nd annual Memorial Day Da Nang 500, the Marines' answer to the Indianapolis racing classic.
Eight deer traded in for 6 'Santabou' in waning days of 1968
Santa Claus played it smart this Christmas.
Convoy man – A lonesome, perilous job
Sgt. Michael D. Purlee, 21, arose an hour before dawn, shivering slightly in the crisp mountain air.