Intent on following a path that his father and four of his uncles -- all of whom became Army paratroopers -- forged ... during the Vietnam War, but the course of his military career changed ...

the People's Army of North Vietnam bombarded the US Marine garrison at Khe Sanh in South Vietnam. The siege lasted 77 days and was one of the longest and most gruesome battles in the war.

If it is that difficult to remember a person's face, how much more difficult it will be to remember the face of a war. Khanh Truong joined the Army of the Republic of Vietnam as a paratrooper in 1966.

The Vietnam War remains a haunting yet fascinating time ... While medals like the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, or Paratrooper Wings are valuable on their own, those that come with attached paperwork ...

Thom Thi Pham’s journey to New Orleans in 1975 was a harrowing one. North Vietnam troops had captured Saigon, which ended the Vietnam War and placed the entire country under communism. Pham, her six ...

(Tribune News Service) — U.S. Army Sgt. Joe Harris sailed to earth on numerous missions as a member of a paratrooper battalion during World War II, the 555th, aptly nicknamed the “Triple ...

“He was a paratrooper,” Ayotte said ... at North Central Area Schools on Wednesday in honor of National Vietnam War Veterans Day. He says he is still trying to raise money to expand ...

March 29 was National Vietnam War Veterans Day ... pulled back and replaced with the NVA when he finished training as a paratrooper. “It bothered me at first because I wasn’t part of the ...