Vietnam War
Vietnam-era veterans given hallucinogens in secret experiments face VA denials for back pay
Veterans injured in secret military experiments that tested hallucinogens and nerve gas on young troops more than 50 years ago said their renewed appeals for retroactive disability benefits are being denied, though a federal court directed the payouts.
Three operations kill 2,000 VC
Allied forces in the Republic of Vietnam Monday wound up two major operations and were expecting to end another. Enemy deaths were expected to total more than 2,000.
Special Forces sergeant has nerve-wracking job
Instead of moving forward to fire on the fleeing Viet Cong, the excited bazookaman rammed a shell in the tube, aimed at the ridge in front, and squeezed.
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.