Fire Support Base 25, South Vietnam, Mar. 11, 1968: A lone soldier from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 12th Infantry Division and ...

The U.S. Marines storm Da Nang, marking the first major ground troop deployment of the Vietnam War. This was the beginning of ...

The inaugural Military & Veterans Entertainment Awards has bestowed its leadership in media honor on PMC vice chair Gerry Byrne. The Marine Corps veteran has been active for decades in building ...

An Iowa native and former U.S. Marine is marking the end of the Vietnam War 50 years ago today, as nearly 7,000 people were evacuated from the South Vietnam capital, Saigon, as North Vietnamese ...

To learn more about the Marines who served during the final days of the war in Vietnam, visit the Fall of Saigon Marines Association page and read “Last Men Out” by Bob Drury and Tom Clavin.

SAIGON -- Combat-ready U.S. Marines swarmed ashore today and took up defense positions around the Da Nang air base only 80 miles from Communist North Vietnam. It was the first Marine landing in a ...

At just 15 years old, Dan Bullock became the youngest American serviceman killed in the Vietnam War—his true age was a secret even to the Marines until after his death. Bullock altered his birth ...

Simple History U.S. MARINE (Vietnam war) Posted: November 18, 2024 | Last updated: January 29, 2025 The first American ground forces deployed against the viet cong and the NVA were the US Marines ...

Bullets whizzed by Cpl. Daniel “Duke” Heller as he rescued wounded Marines who’d been trapped in a North Vietnamese Army ambush in the A Shau Valley, Vietnam, on Feb. 13, 1969. Despite being ...

Chapman spent more time as a prisoner of war than any other Marine held in captivity during the Vietnam War, according to an official Marine Corps history of the conflict (the longest-held ...

Vietnam veteran Cecil Fell went to visit the grave of his best friend and fellow Marine, right before he left for Vietnam to look for answers. "I wanted to know about the North Vietnamese and ...

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Jim Chipman, of American Fork, has finally been accounted for after going missing in the Vietnam War 50 years ago. (Photo: Scot Chipman) Scot Chipman said it "eased their ...