Two platoons from B Company had already tried to knock out the machine gun. Both had been driven back by heavy fire. When 5 Platoon's turn came, Lance Cpl. Kerry Rooney led his section straight at the ...

Cracks are appearing as markets tank, the economy stalls, allies balk, midterm primaries surprise and this war of choice ...

What began as a small deployment of U.S. Marines to protect an airbase at Da Nang in Vietnam escalated into one of the most ...

Growing up in Columbus during the turbulent 1960s provided Wil Haygood a coming-of-age lesson about war and upheaval he would never forget. The acclaimed author and historian’s latest book, “The War ...

Washington ― President Donald Trump on Monday awarded the Medal of Honor at the White House to Michigan native Terry P. Richardson, a Vietnam veteran credited with saving the lives of 85 soldiers ...

More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John Ripley will be awarded the Medal of Honor.

To celebrate the Oscars 2026, I'm picking out the greatest Best Picture-winning movies from each decade from the 1920s to the 2020s.

Author, journalist and Columbus native Wil Haygood takes an in-depth look at the Vietnam War from the Black American perspective. He traces the lives of Black men and women who were in Vietnam. The ...

Tran Le Xuan, South Vietnam’s “first lady,” was passionate in her support of the southern republic – and a fierce critic of American involvement in Indochina.

Congress has recommended Col. John Ripley, a Radford native who destroyed the Dong Ha bridge during the Vietnam War, for the ...