FORT BENNING, Ga. — March 29, 1973: The last U.S. ground troops depart the Republic of Vietnam. Today, March 29 has become a day of recognition, remembrance, healing, and education; and marks the ...
The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Plains Twp. is currently displaying the military medals of a late Vietnam veteran from Wilkes-Barre, including his Purple Heart. U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, ...
As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from Specialist Henry Smithers who was among the millions of American servicemen and women deployed to Vietnam during the conflict. Time ...
He was a helicopter pilot they called “Combat Kelly,” and in the early years of the Vietnam War, Maj. Charles Kelly set the example for the daredevil flyers who would come to be called Army “Dustoff” ...
FORT DRUM, N.Y. (Feb. 4, 2025) -- Jerome Walker South, a Vietnam War veteran, died last summer in Ottawa, Canada, from natural causes. And that could have been the end of his story. When no next of ...