HANOI, Vietnam - "If Dad calls, tell him I got too close to being dead but I'm O.K. I was real lucky. I'll write again soon." That poignant message never reached the mother of Army Sgt. Steve Flaherty ...
When two understrength Marine companies pushed north along Highway 561 on the morning of July 2, 1967, they walked straight into hell. Alpha and Bravo Companies of 1st Battalion, 9th Marines—numbering ...
Jesse Bulldog walked the length of a traveling memorial dedicated to the 58,000 servicemembers who died during the Vietnam War. At each of the 141 panels, he stopped and wafted sage ash in a warrior ...
ANN ARBOR, MI — Lawrence Dolph was at the University of Wisconsin majoring in history and trying to avoid clashing with police who used tear gas on students as the Vietnam War and protests against it ...
LENOX — To honor U.S. soldiers who fought in the decades-long Southeast Asian conflict, the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall will be on display starting Thursday at the town’s War Memorial Field, 65 ...
The Vietnam War is one of the most controversial conflicts in history, one that divided the nation on moral and political lines. It left an indelible black mark in the annals of the American military, ...