An NCIS spokesperson told Military.com that a 45-year-old cold case involving murdered Marines is still being investigated ...

The Gem State lost an accomplished public figure this year with the November 7 death of Wayne Kidwell at age 87. He was born in Council, Idaho, on June 15, ...

Pfc. Anthony John Pepper, a Marine from Chesterfield County, was 20 years old in April 1968 when he was killed in the Battle of Khe Sanh.

A solemn ceremony was held at Central Regional High School, honoring five soldiers from that school who never made it home from deployment. A monument for these soldiers was installed years ago on the ...

Merlyn Dethlefsen was dubbed “taciturn, a born-again Christian, and not at all the typical fighter pilot," yet his exploits proved otherwise.

Forty days under fire. That's how long the Marines at Khe Sanh had been holding a remote Plateau in South Vietnam by February 1968. The ridges around them poured shell after shell into the base, ...

Haunted by the mine blast outside Da Nang in 1968 and the ringing that never stopped, my father carried survivor’s guilt home from Vietnam and spent a lifetime asking the same question: Why Them and ...

The Silver Star Medal is the United States Armed Forces’ third highest military decoration of valor in combat, usually presented to Armed Forces members who showed courage while in action against an ...

Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap earned his reputation as one of history's great military commanders on May 7, 1954, when 16,000 French soldiers surrendered to him at Dien Bien Phu after a 57-day siege. The ...

Len Erickson, a Vietnam War Marine Corps veteran from northern Minnesota, served with the First Battalion, Seventh Marines near Da Nang during the Tet Offensives of 1968 and 1969. After returning home ...

Maj. James Capers Jr. dedicated his life to serving his country. Now, his service is being honored. The 88-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran was recognized at the seventh annual Fox Nation Patriot ...

Longtime Bakersfield resident and U.S. Marine combat veteran Charlie Wilmot served in the jungles of Vietnam in 1968 and 1969. Nearly 60 years later, Wilmot is still serving — as a volunteer with ...