For Belmont County resident and Navy veteran Kurt Turner, a moment in 1967 helped set the course for a book he hopes will give readers a clearer view of what Vi ...
A Vietnam War veteran and former combat medic will serve as the grand marshal of Saturday’s Veterans Day Parade. Staff Sgt. James W. Reed, who served in the Army from 1966 to 1972 will lead the parade ...
SOLDIERS. BUT WHAT MANY OVERLOOK. IT’S FULL OF HEROINES AS WELL. SO WAS THIS HERS, OR DO WE KNOW? I BELIEVE THAT IS HERS. WOW. AT THE MILITARY AVIATION PRESERVATION SOCIETY, AIR MUSEUM, OR MAPS IN ...
Career Army veteran Joseph Leuze of Glendale Heights learned in 1977 his uniform was missing a Purple Heart medal he’d apparently been awarded for injuries suffered years earlier in Vietnam. The ...
A Vietnam veteran returned home after two years as a combat medic. He'd treated gunshot wounds, performed emergency procedures and saved lives under fire. Civilian hospitals wouldn't hire him. His ...
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL)- At 24 years old, Keith Jones was surprised he was drafted into the Vietnam War because he thought he was too old. That time in the Army is something he is still proud of ...
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Wednesday marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. On April 30, 1975, communist Viet Cong forces took over Saigon, the former capital of South Vietnam. The Fall of Saigon ...
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – From operating theatre to theatre of operations. In 1968, Dr. Carl Wirth was training to be a surgeon in upstate New York, but then came an abrupt shift from lab coats to ...
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump awarded retired Army Capt. Gary Rose with the Medal of Honor on Monday for conspicuous gallantry during the Vietnam War. Rose voluntarily risked his life on multiple ...