U.S. Air Force bombs create a curtain of flying shrapnel and debris barely 200 feet beyond the perimeter of South Vietnamese ranger positions defending Khe Sanh during the siege of the U.S. Marine ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following historical recollection was contributed by Leon Cederlind of Phillips, who was a U.S. Marines helicopter pilot and first lieutenant from 1964 to 1970. He served during the ...

Exclusively for CounterPunch, Matthew Stevenson travels from Haiphong and Hanoi, in what was North Vietnam, to the Central Highlands and Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon and the capital, in search of ...

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the start of one of the most significant battles of the Vietnam War -- the Battle of Khe Sanh. Across the U.S., groups of Vietnam veterans are gathering to ...

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In this Feb. 5, 1968, file photo, a blinded U.S. Marine, left, holds his hand out in front of him as he is led by a wounded comrade from his evacuation helicopter that brought them from Hill 861 to ...

One of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War took place at Khe Sanh. January, 1968 One of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War took place at Khe Sanh, beginning in January of 1968. Both a Navy ...

(HARTFORD, CT) Vietnam War Veteran Dennis Mannion will give a talk on his experience during the Vietnam War and the Battle of Khe Sanh, on November 19, 2015, from 12:00pm-12:45pm, at the Connecticut ...

Everything changed for the Military Assistance Command -- Vietnam (MACV), the U.S. military command sent to support the South Vietnamese regime, in 1968. MACV commander Army Gen. William Westmoreland, ...

On our way to Memorial Day, a deep look at the deadly Vietnam War battle of Khe Sanh, and those who fought. In this May 13, 2014 file photo, a U.S. Army honor guard stands at the grave site of Army ...

They met on a hill in a far corner of Vietnam. Especially on Veterans Day, David “Randy” Norton of Charlotte and Larry McCartney of Black Mountain remember that time in early 1968 at Khe Sanh, the ...