Deployed in late 1966, the “Guns a Go-Go” unit quickly proved its worth in Vietnam’s unforgiving terrain. In the dense jungles of Vietnam, at a time when American and North Vietnamese forces were ...

As a young man, Lon Holmberg was a staunch critic of the Vietnam War, even protesting America’s involvement in the conflict. But when Holmberg was called to duty via the military draft, despite his ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Vietnam War greatly impacted U.S. society from the passage of the War Powers Resolution that restricts the president’s ability to send troops into extended combat without ...

The Vietnam War wasn’t just fought in the dense jungles and muddy rice fields of Southeast Asia — it was felt in the homes and hearts of an entire generation. Young soldiers trudged through forests ...

In March 1965, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War to prevent communism from spreading to that recently divided country’s southern half. That same year, a nationwide protest movement ...

Somewhere off the coast of Vietnam, April, 1966: A member of the USS Kitty Hawk’s ordnance crew moves bombs to planeside off the coast of Vietnam in April, 1966. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ ...

This year marks half a century since the end of the Vietnam War — a period the country commemorates through poignant museums and memorials. Today, the people of this fast-growing Southeast Asian ...

Vietnam War Army veteran Harry Metzler pays respects to men he served with in the 1st Infantry Division at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, November 11, 2024. Fifty years ago, communist ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Wednesday marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. On April 30, 1975, communist Viet Cong forces took over Saigon, the former capital of South Vietnam. The Fall of Saigon ...