Retired Marine Maj. James Capers Jr., a Bishopville, South Carolina, native now living in Jacksonville, North Carolina, is one presidential signature away from finally receiving the Medal of Honor for ...

Twelve Vietnam veterans are going back to the country where they fought and for most, it will be their first time on Vietnamese soil in more than 50 years.

Jerry Haywood of Coshocton served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a sergeant during the Vietnam War from 1967 to 1969. Haywood is still chaplain of Coshocton County Vietnam Veterans and was president of ...

Somewhere around Con Thien, Vietnam: A Marine scans the perimeter for any enemy activity. Marines launched another phase of Operation Prairie IV on May 13, 1967. On May 16, Alpha Company of the 1st ...

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 ...

An American 1st Air Cavalry helicopter airlifts supplies into a Marine outpost during Operation Pegasus in Vietnam in 1968.Larry Burrows—The LIFE Picture Collection/ It has been 40 years since the ...

The VOC Museum is a project of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Their Vietnam exhibit, officially titled “Vietnam: The Truth,” opened in January 2025 and will run until June, sponsored by ...

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 ...

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