Pete Lawrenson went to Vietnam on his 20th birthday, a fresh-faced Montana kid who joined the Army with two of his buddies because he wasn’t ready for college and he believed America needed to fight ...

JONESVILLE, Va. (WJHL) — The Vietnam War was the first to be shown on television, especially on the nightly news. But that only gave a glimpse of how horrific the war really was. Ed Johnston was one ...

Hope springs eternal, and as 1964 began in South Viet Nam, there was still hope for victory in the grinding war against the Viet Cong Communists. But to many an American observer, the hope may be ...

A two-tour Vietnam infantry veteran and a freelance writer join forces to produce this informative personal memoir that also casts light on the war's effect on American infantry tactics. When he went ...

Georgetown resident Steve Valdez still remembers Thanksgiving Day 1967. Valdez was a mortarman on Hill 875 in Dak To, Vietnam ...

Gary Greenough served aboard the USS Ranger, sometimes in costume as The Lone Ranger. To read more stories about Vietnam veterans in the North Bay, go here. Every time Gary Greenough’s aircraft ...

Trung Lap Ranger Unit Training Center, South Vietnam, February, 1962: U.S. Army advisers 1st Lt. Edmond Fricki (standing) and 1st Lt. Major Bell demonstrate hand-to-hand combat before a group of ...

Ranger development. Ranger background ; Korean War Ranger experience ; Reconnaissance on the eve of the Vietnam Conflict -- Americal Infantry Division : Americal Rangers. Combat reconnaissance in ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Richard Yada turned 18, enrolled at the University of Arkansas and decided to enlist in the United States Air Force. Yada enrolled in the ROTC program and signed up to serve four ...

For the Vietnamese community, April 30 is known as Black April, or Tháng Tư Đen. It's a day to lament and reflect on the fall of Saigon and of South Vietnam. In the two decades of conflict, experts ...

The U.S. & the Vietnamese Again Fight for Southeast Asia IN Saigon one night last week, the cafés were crowded and new cars streamed along the boulevards beneath the red, green and blue of neon signs.