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.
US planes hit in south, destroy 530 buildings
Air Force, Navy and Marine planes blasted Viet Cong positions in the republic Wednesday - flying 450 combat missions.
Badly wounded, he plays dead as Reds kick him
"The Viet Cong used my chest for a gun rest. Each time he fired he took hunks of meat out of my arm. ..."
Swift crews ply Gulf with smiles — and bullets
“We have to be ready to fire, but we also have to have a smile on our face.”
Rockpile Marines don't take too many hikes
It's a freak of nature, a jagged piece of rock shaped like Gibraltar that rises 750 feet in the air. In other wars it could have been called Bunker Hill, Heartbreak Ridge or Pork Chop Hill.
Traveling doc keeps 'em smiling in combat
The 1st Inf. Div. trooper moaned in pain as the man in the medical tunic bent over his head. Chrome instruments flashed in the dingy light.
FACs now draw bullets, not waves
“There was a time when the north Vietnamese used to wave at us from their trenches. Now they shoot.”