Vietnam War
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.
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."
Pacification: Killing Viet Cong is not enough
THIS IS THE FIRST time in recorded history," a senior American official in Vietnam recently said, "that an effort is being made to rebuild a country while a war is still going on."
Too young for Korea, they're real pros now
Pvt. Bobbie L. Tucker, now an artillery man in Vietnam, can scarcely recall the day in 1953 when an armistice was signed in Korea to end 3½ years of bloody conflict.
Families express frustration with JPAC's efforts to recover war missing
On June 12, 1966, Marine Corps radioman Cpl. Gregory Harris and a contingent of South Vietnamese marines were ambushed and overrun in Quang Ngai province.