Bullets whizzed by Cpl. Daniel “Duke” Heller as he rescued wounded Marines who’d been trapped in a North Vietnamese Army ambush in the A Shau Valley, Vietnam, on Feb. 13, 1969. Despite being wounded ...

The event will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at 5657 Lincoln Highway East and will honor the life and sacrifice of Marine ...

AUGUSTA, Kan. (KSNW) — Jim Hall graduated from Leon High School in 1966. Otherwise, he’s a lifelong citizen of Augusta. He’s also a lifelong Marine who was ordered to Vietnam in the middle of the Tet ...

I applaud the local veterans who were highlighted in the story about local Vietnam veterans (“Shock and awfulness,” Herald, May 3.) Each of them served honorably, and their stories were well worth ...

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; MAP LISTING; PART I-PRE-TET 1968; CHAPTER 1-A Puzzling War; III MAF January 1968; MACV and Command Arrangements; South Vietnam and I Corps; The Enemy; Focus on ...

Richard Schiltz served with the U.S. Marines from 1966 to 1969. He was raised in Billings. This is part of his story. Schiltz: “I knew I wasn’t going back (to college in Minnesota) with my 0.79 ...

Of all the military forces that fought against the communists in Vietnam, the ROK Marines had the most fearsome reputation.