On Thursday, Nov. 11, 14 men with ties to the Menno community were properly acknowledged and thanked for their service in the ...

Marine Corps veteran Ronald Poteat was just 18 years old when he was drafted in 1969 and sent to Vietnam. He left home a ...

On November 15, 1969, an iconic bluegrass picker broke off from the Nashville establishment and performed at a Vietnam War protest.

CEDAR SPRINGS, Mich. — William Kyle Gowen spent his 21st birthday landing in Vietnam. The year was 1968, and he was a Marine Corps medic. "Stayed there 10 and a half months," said Gowen. "Got three ...

Community and family members gathered at West Hawai‘i Veterans Cemetery on Tuesday to celebrate Army Sgt. 1st Class Rodney ...

There is a Navy ship named for Schenectady. The USS Schenectady was named at the suggestion of a Schenectady schoolgirl who wrote a letter to the secretary of the Navy, asking for the possibility of ...

BRIDGEPORT — It wasn’t just the rockets screaming death or the enemy lying in wait that worried Marines. In the barracks there were the rats whose bites on your ankles would waken you from a deep ...

COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, Ill. (WLS) -- Social media is connecting a Chicago-area family to its roots. A video recently tweeted shows Sylvester Bracey talking about racism while he was a soldier during the ...

Staff Sgt. Fred Brown's heroism saved several soldiers in Vietnam in 1969. Now, his Hamilton, Ohio hometown is pushing for ...

Newmann’s job, during two of his tours, consisted of running smaller boats back and forth to pick up non-emergency cases and the dead. He spent his 21 st birthday hiding in a mangrove swamp during the ...