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Vietnam War

James Capers salutes during a ceremony.

Medal of Honor upgrade sought for recon Marine injured in Vietnam

In April 1967 near the village of Phu Loc in South Vietnam, Maj. James Capers Jr. charged ahead to free his injured men from an enemy assault even though the attack, initiated by claymore mines, ripped open his abdomen and broke his leg.

American troops on the move near the Cambodian border in April, 1969.

Charged-up Reds paying heavily

The remarkable thing about the battles of Diamond — there have been four of them — is the purity of the brand of war fought on the desolate plain that surrounds the camp.

PATROL BASE DIAMOND, Vietnam

The longest day for 2 companies ... and the last for 198 attacking North Viets

It was a long day for Companies A and D of the 2nd Bn., 27th Inf. It began at 4:30 a.m. and ended at dawn Tuesday. When it did, a lot of people were dead.

Maj. Robert M. Campbell, right, an American adviser from Fayetteville, N.C., points the way to a helicopter that will bring a wounded Vietnamese ranger, at center, to a hospital.

Long ride home for a wounded Vietnam fighter

The ticket for that long ride home doesn't come cheaply in the Republic of Vietnam. This man, a Vietnamese ranger, gave his right hand.

A little girl, hit in the shoulder by a slug from an aircraft machine gun, is tended to by a medic before being evacuated to a hospital by South Vietnamese troops.

A tale of war: There are tears, dirt, blood, irony and no favorites

There's nothing very nice about any kind of war, whether it's global or just an "untidy little war" like the battle against communism here.

Pfc. Frank Orians of Grand Rapids, Mich., escorts Secretary of Defense McNamara and his entourage on a walk into an unsecured jungle area in Vietnam.

Dawn-to-dusk days for JFK's top advisers

America's top military leaders sloshed through muddy remote villages of the strife-torn Republic of Vietnam to learn first-hand how the war against the Viet Cong is going.

Former Stars and Stripes combat correspondent Steve Stibbens at work during an ambush in Vietnam in 1963.

Marine journalist Steve Stibbens, first to cover the Vietnam War for Stars and Stripes, dies at 84

The first Stars and Stripes reporter sent to cover the Vietnam War — Marine Gunnery Sgt. Steve Stibbens — died Saturday in Dallas at age 84.