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.
'The first thing I'm going to do ...'
The last time Maj. Jay R. Jensen saw his little girl she was a moppet of 10. She has yet to turn 17, but is already married — and Jensen is a grandfather.
Rousing welcome greets 20 more returnees at Clark
Twenty American returnees from North Vietnamese captivity landed at this base Sunday night and were given a larger and more rousing welcome than another group, seven times as large, that landed six days before.
A case of low flying and high risk
"Hey, captain," the sergeant said with the disinterested, matter-of-fact calm of a professional. "look at this."
They say An Loc looks like hell
"I guessed that this was what the end of the world would be like," the young pilot recalled as he and other pilots related what they saw only in blurred, streaking motion.
Newsmen take cover as war gets too personal
"Should we move back to the ditch, captain?" the photographer asked nervously.
Troops leave 'Nam with smiles, regrets
"This is my Liberty Bell, man," Sgt. 1.C. Gregorio S. N. Torre declared, brandishing the small brass bell he bought in a Saigon shop. "It's going to ring out my freedom when I get to Travis."