Merle Haggard followed his patriotic hit "Okie From Muskogee" with "The Fightin' Side of Me", which hit NO. 1 o 1970.

When you raised your hand and said ‘I do’ and took that oath of enlistment upon entering the U.S. Army, you are there to ...

Twelve Vietnam veterans are going back to the country where they fought and for most, it will be their first time on ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — One Kansas native served in Vietnam, but it was only a fraction of his over 20-year career in the Marine Corps. Joseph Garcia, a Sharon Springs native, was drafted in 1968 and ...

PFC Dan Bullock was killed at An Hoa Combat Base on June 7, 1969. Six days later, reporters from the New York Times visited a Brooklyn apartment on Lee Avenue to speak with his grieving family. What ...

To Lam is a former security chief who carved his way to prominence and relishes the good life. He has promised to make Communist Vietnam rich and influential. To Lam, Vietnam’s top leader, at a news ...

At dawn on July 23, 1970, operations began to evacuate Fire Support Base Ripcord, in the A Shau Valley of Vietnam. Fourteen Chinook helicopters with the capacity to transport over 30 people apiece ...

The U.S. Marine Corps has been instrumental in American combat operations for well over 200 years. Aside from the will to fight, the rifle has long stood as the Marines’ most important weapon on the ...

In 1983, I promised an Atlanta mother I would uncover the truth about what happened to her youngest son, who disappeared in Vietnam 56 years ago. Now, more than 42 years after that promise, I might be ...

In this solemn tribute, we remember the fourteen Marines and one Navy Corpsman who lost their lives on November 18, 1970, when their CH-46D Sea Knight helicopter from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron ...

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kristofer Cloward, a trumpeter with the Quantico Marine Band, plays the Church Call to begin the Memorial Service for Team Rush Act and Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 263, ...