After three months of explosive ordnance and heavy equipment training by the U.S. Army, 18-year-old Roger Thompson arrived for duty in Vietnam in March of 1968. During his service, he witnessed ...
American airpower was supposed to be untouchable in Vietnam. Instead, U.S. pilots found themselves struggling against smaller ...
Vietnam veteran Larry Mayfield recalls his intense Army training, challenging deployment, and the lasting impact of service, as he reunites with classmates and shares his story with today’s students.
In 1968, Dr. Carl Wirth was training to be a surgeon in upstate New York, but then came an abrupt shift from lab coats to ...
You talk about people saying that we were baby killers, we were war pigs,” said Alphonse Ranni, a U.S. Army veteran of the ...
Marsha Four was an Army nurse working in an intensive care unit not far from the front lines of Vietnam. Four said everyone she worked with and all her patients were young people who were thrust into ...
David Thornton stands next to a display case showing his sergeant stripes, 25th Infantry Division insignia, ribbons, medals and other memorabilia from his Army service in Vietnam. POLAND TOWNSHIP — ...
Service was a way of life growing up for Pat Sturtz. “Having uncles and my father that all served in World War II, and my ...
Despite U.S. interest in deeper military ties with Vietnam, the Nov. 2 visit by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not yield ...
In 1968, Dr. Carl Wirth was training to be a surgeon in upstate New York, but then came an abrupt shift from lab coats to ...