A US Service Member Recounts His Year in Vietnam Tom Fowler arrived in Hoa Air Base (near Saigon) around noon on April 12, 1969, and arrived back in the U.S. on March 31...
This Medal of Honor Winner's Bold Spirit Made Him A Hero In Vietnam Major Lance Cpl. Jedh Colby Barker was a machine gunner with Company F, 2nd Battalion — "The Magnificent Bastards" of the 4th...
The Only Nurse Killed in the Vietnam War Died Trying to Rescue Orphans For Air Force Capt. Mary Klinker, two posthumous medals were awarded because she worked to save very young lives -- and, in...
A Service Member Recounts His Travels to Be Deployed to Vietnam Private First Class Michael J. Horton recalls his trip from Travis Air Force Base, California, to his deployment in Vietnam.
How a Young Seaman's Remarkable Memory Brought Home News of Fellow POWs Douglas Hegdahl was a young seaman apprentice when he was captured during the Vietnam War and imprisoned at "the Hanoi Hilton...
A Bullet in Vietnam Left Ron Kovic a Paraplegic — and a Peace Activist Physical paralysis precipitated a political journey for Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic from fervent anti-communist soldier to...
50 Years After ‘Napalm Girl,’ Myths Distort the Reality Behind a Horrific Photo of the Vietnam War It is one of those exceptional visual artifacts that draws attention and even controversy years after it was made.
Veteran Recounts the Dangers Faced by Supply Trucks During the Vietnam War Dennis Belcastro served in the Republic of Vietnam with the 54th Transportation Battalion, 669th Transportation Company, from...
Selfless Act Transforms Young Veteran into a Battlefield Legend Pfc. Milton Lee Olive III and others in his unit were pursuing a band of Viet Cong near Phu Cuong when one of the enemy...
Pararescue Medic Awarded Medal of Honor 34 Years After Fatal Mission Young pararescue medic received Medal of Honor 34 years after fatal mission.
Pentagon Again Expanding Military Border Zones, This Time in Arizona The newest military zone in Arizona -- the fourth border zone created by the Trump administration -- will encompass 140 miles...
Football Dreams Led to 'Fat Boy Flight' and an Over-Forty-Year Air Force Career In 1971, as a high school senior and captain of the football team, I assumed a college athletic scholarship was in my future...
US Contractors Say Their Colleagues Are Firing Live Ammo as Palestinians Seek Food in Gaza Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal...
Tensions Are Rising Between Russia and Azerbaijan. Why Is This Happening Now? Deaths of ethnic Azerbaijanis rounded up by police for decades-old murders in a Russian city. The crash of an Azerbaijan...
Army Creating New Artificial Intelligence-Focused Occupational Specialty and Officer Field Service planners are moving to establish a new enlisted military occupational specialty focused on artificial intelligence...
