Every February, Black History Month shines a light on Americans whose contributions shaped the nation. One belongs to Pfc.

Christy Sauro went to his first Twins game a few weeks after graduating from North St. Paul High School in June 1967. He didn’t even make it to the seventh-inning stretch. Sauro was one of 150 young ...

BROCKTON — Lorraine Burbank was 10 in the summer of 1967. One day a priest and two Marines showed up at the gate. It meant her older brother was dead. Marine Cpl. Wladyslaw "Scotty" Staniszewski was ...

In the fall of 1967, a land mine in Vietnam killed a Fort Mill teen, husband and expectant father on his first patrol as a Marine. A month later, another mine killed a Rock Hill soldier with 10 ...

Nearly 50 lawmakers wrote a letter to President Donald Trump last week urging him to award the Medal of Honor to a Marine veteran for his heroic actions during the Vietnam War, according to a copy of ...

Of all the military forces that fought against the communists in Vietnam, the ROK Marines had the most fearsome reputation. This coming April will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the ...

Replica of Vietnam Veterans War Memorial is coming to Independence in September. Independence Marine Corps veteran Billy Whisenant has friends on The Wall That Heals. This is part of a weekly series ...

Mekong Delta, Vietnam, July 1967: An underwater pothole gives a hapless GI an unexpected dunking as a buddy grins at his discomfort. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ coverage of the Vietnam War?

Anniversaries are usually times to celebrate—a birth, a marriage, a victory, an extraordinary achievement. But last month’s fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War was not for most ...