80 Years of Stars and Stripes Pacific

A veteran with a mustache and blue shirt stands in front of a brown background.

‘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.

S&S reporter grabs a gun in bitter Viet jungle battle

Dawn, less than half a mile from the Cambodian border.

An H-13 helicopter at Bong Son, South Vietnam, in February, 1966.

Pilots face Viet Cong in a bubble

They fly at the enemy in plastic bubbles, coming in ''low and slow.''

Kirk Bauer, executive director of Disabled Sports USA, takes to the ski slopes.

Disabled Sports director has strong connection with war wounded

Kirk Bauer has never forgotten the most terrifying nightmare of his life.

Navy honor guard members stand around a caisson carrying a casket containing the remains of four Vietnam War veterans whose missing remains were accounted for after extensive search and identification efforts that spanned several decades.

Sailors missing after '67 Vietnam crash buried at Arlington

A burial service with full military honors was held at Arlington National Cemetery on Thursday, May 2, 2013, for four sailors declared missing after their SH-3A Sea King helicopter crashed in Vietnam on July 19, 1967.

'Cajun Bob' Thoms at Hue

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Bob Thoms assesses the situation before leading an assault on the Dong Ba Tower, considered a crucial objective for U.S. forces in the fierce battle for the city of Hue.

Pfc. Orville Painter, 22, of Modesto, Calif., leans out of his bunker at Ka Tum, 50 miles northwest of Saigon, to hang his Christmas stocking.

Christmas in Saigon: Troops found ways to stay cheerful in Vietnam

Another holiday season is upon us and with it, plenty of reasons to hug our loved ones.

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