At 7:53 a.m. on Wednesday, April 30, 1975, a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter ascended from the rooftop of the United States embassy in downtown Saigon carrying ten Marine Security Guards toward the ...
When two understrength Marine companies pushed north along Highway 561 on the morning of July 2, 1967, they walked straight ...
Fifty years after the last U.S. helicopters left Saigon, why America lost the Vietnam War is elusive. But can a tabletop ...
There will soon be a new place to visit honoring the stories of Minnesota's history in world conflicts, including the Vietnam War. The new Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum is under construction ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – A military ...
War. At the Museum of Veterans and Military History in Vilonia, there are many things paying tribute including the LZ ...
From jungle ambushes to political upheaval, the Vietnam War exposed the limits of American military power in the Cold War era ...
In the final months of World War II, a small team of American commandos parachuted into the mountains of northern Vietnam to ...
Hubert Van Es' photograph capturing the 1975 fall of Saigon became one of the most enduring images from the Vietnam War. (Mike Clarke/AFP via Getty Images) Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the ...
During Dave Herman’s more than 25 years with the Lockport Township Park District, he has seen the Civil War Days event become World War II Days and then Military History Weekend. Now the Lockport ...
In the wake of the Second World War, the balance of power dramatically shifted and new lines were drawn, not just across ...
Science, art and logistics all play a role in how the U.S. military paints its aircraft to be ready for battle.