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Nearly 60 years after the mortars stopped falling, John Kooistra still carries pieces of the Vietnam War. Not metaphorical, ...
A-4 Skyhawk was one of the most important (although not the most glamorous) assets of US Navy in the Vietnam War. It was the ...
In 1966, Vietnam was the year’s biggest story. There where other news were the places and events, civil rights, Congress, business and labor, but Vietnam, a war, ...
The Wall That Heals, a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., opened in an official ceremony ...
It was 1966, and the Vietnam War was turning out to be unlike anything else the US military had faced before. Robert McNamara ...
Bong Son, Vietnam, Feb. 2, 1966: Ground crewmen prepare to refuel a Scout H-13 helicopter during the 1st Air Cavalry Division’s participation in Operation White Wing. Flying “low and slow ...
Richard Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi on Wednesday, 49 years after he kidnapped and killed Edwina Marter, a ...
More than 100 photojournalists died from the mid-1950s to 1975 in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, including Robert Capa, one of World War II’s most admired figures, and Larry Burrows, a photo-essay ...
South Vietnam, October 1966: A Marine helicopter lands on the hill landing zone to bring supplies and evacuate the wounded. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ coverage of the Vietnam War?
The VIETNAM WAR, an undeclared war in ... 48 in 1966, 89 in 1967, and 127 in 1968. The "Vietnamization" of the war and a phased withdrawal of American troops lowered county deaths to 87 in 1969, 39 in ...
In fact, Steinhauer attended a 10-week course called Tell Your Story: A Writing Workshop for Those Who Have Served in the Military in 2008—offered through the Program for Writing and Rhetoric and the ...
For some Americans, the Vietnam War is still felt today. ... This photo provided by George Bennett shows Bennett during his service in Vietnam from 1966 to 1967. (George Bennett via AP) ...