Moonwalk 1969
This nameplate was used in 1969
Hawaii Edition 1945
This nameplate was used in 1945

Vietnam War

Side-by-side, 1960s-era portraits of three service members, two in dress uniforms and one in a white-collared shirt.

DOD agency IDs remains of 3 airmen killed at secret Laos radar site in 1968

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has identified the remains of three airmen killed in action in Laos in 1968 when their secret mountaintop radar site was overrun by North Vietnamese commandos.

Part of VC's headquarters uncovered in jungle

Part of VC's headquarters uncovered in jungle

American infantrymen found part of the Viet Cong's supreme headquarters in a hidden jungle enclave north of Tay Ninh, a U.S. general said Sunday.

It's up and over the ladder on the rugged 100-yard infiltration course for South Vietnamese army recruits at the 18th ARVN Training Center near Gia Rai, 52 miles northeast of Saigon.

Tough springboard to valor

The South Vietnamese soldier is tough — he has to be, he's up against a tough opponent.

Reds flee advancing U.S. units

Reds flee advancing U.S. units

U.S. troops found at least seven hastily-evacuated enemy base camps Saturday as communist forces fled the massive American thrust in Operation Junction City.

Paratroopers

Paratroopers drop into VC stronghold

TAY NINH, Vietnam — The U.S.

Seabees build a bridge on Route 1 between Phu Loc and Lang Co, South Vietnam, in 1967.

Blood, sweat, guts keep road open

"CUT their supply lines and bleed the Americans to death on the DMZ," the Communist order read.

Retired Lt. Col. Ben Purcell still has some of the items with him when he was released from 62 months of captivity in Viet Cong prison camps from 1968 to 1972.

Former POW tells how he survived

Retired Lt. Col. Ben Purcell said he never gave up hope as he passed years in the steamy jungles of Vietnam, a barely-fed prisoner of war who endured despite harsh conditions.