Indianapolis

Nearly 70 years after USS Indianapolis tragedy, survivor tells his tale

Just past midnight July 30, 1945, two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine struck the USS Indianapolis with almost 1,200 people aboard.

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.

Vietnam battle

Pfc. Ron Fuller of Indianapolis, Ind., his head bandaged after being hit by shrapnel and his AR-15 at the ready, watches for the enemy from atop an armored personnel carrier.

VIDEO| Vietnam veteran A.B. Grantham talks about the Battle of Hue

During the Battle of Hue in February, 1968, 18-year-old U.S. Marine Pfc. A.B. Grantham of Mobile, Ala., was shot in the chest by a North Vietnamese soldier.

Rolling Thunder escalated US involvement in Vietnam, pulled ground troops into combat

In 1964, Keith Connolly was a young Air Force pilot and was among the first Americans to fly sorties in the F-100 Super Sabre fighter bomber targeting the North Vietnamese communist insurgency.

Captain of ship that hit PT-109 mourns JFK

The former Japanese Imperial Navy officer who almost killed John F. Kennedy in World War II Saturday mourned the late President's loss to the world.

His hand extended across the Pacific

I'm so upset ... I was a friend ... I couldn't believe it." This was all Prof. Gunji Hosono could say.