
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.
Humphrey visits troops, presents medals
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey spent a scorching Saturday visiting troops of the 1st Infantry Division, Republic of Korea engineers, the Royal Australian Regiment and the U.S. Air Force, plus stops at a Vietnamese hospital and a Chinese agricultural station.
Medal of Honor recipient Donlon heads training academy in Korea
Maj. Roger Donlon looked with both bitterness and admiration at the mangled and blasted remains of what had been two large barracks.
Rip-roaring ROK crowd welcomes Johnson
President and Mrs. Johnson got a rousing Texas-style welcome here Monday.
Medal of Honor recipient recalls Korean War bayonet attack
"I'm proud to be back. I get sentimental, I lost a lot of friends over here, and it brings back bad memories as well as good;" said the tall mustachioed figure with the star-studded pale blue ribbon of the Medal of Honor around his neck as he looked over the area he captured from Communists nearly 25 years ago.
'Last' Hope show plays to 22,000 GIs
Bob Hope wound up what might be his last Vietnam Christmas tour Friday with an appearance before an overflow crowd of more than 22,000 GIs who packed the Curry Amphitheater at this massive installation 15 miles north of Saigon.
Vietnam at 50: The first rock and roll war
The sonic revolution and one-upmanship that defined 1966 make a compelling case to call it the greatest year in music history.