In 1969, WCCO reporter Al Austin and photojournalist Gordon Bartouche traveled to Vietnam and followed nearly a dozen Minnesota soldiers on the front lines. Pauleen Le reconnects with one of those ...

LIFE magazine, June 27, 1969, featuring a portrait of U.S. Army specialist William C. Gearing, Jr., one of 242 American servicemen killed in a single week of fighting during the Vietnam War.

Black Virgin Mountain, South Vietnam, Oct. 14, 1969: A patrol is about to depart on a mission outside the mountain top’s perimeter wire in search of enemy activity. Multi-service forces had been ...

Upon arriving in Vietnam, Mascendaro was part of the 1st Marine Division. But soon he was transferred to the Marine Air Support Squadron where he helped handle supplies and walked guard duty.

Black Virgin Mountain, South Vietnam, Oct. 14, 1969: A soldier walks on the outer edge of “Black’s Bathtub,” atop Nui Ba Den (Black Virgin) mountain as clouds roll by behind him at the ...

In the summer of 1969, the first American troops were withdrawn from Vietnam. Their war was over, but mine was just beginning.

On Oct. 15, 1969, hundreds of thousands marched in Washington to protest the Vietnam War. But it was also Game 4 of the World Series, and NPR's Brian Naylor, then 14, knew where he had to be.

Almanac: The 1969 draft lottery On December 1st, 1969, America's first military draft lottery since World War II was held. With the war in Vietnam as a backdrop – and the futures of some 850,000 ...

In May 1969, Jim McCloughan was a 23-year-old private serving as an Army medic in Vietnam. Now, 48 years later, McCloughan will receive the Medal of Honor.

The funny thing? Michael Yalango wasn’t even all that much of a Mets fan. He’d grown up with the Brooklyn Dodgers as a kid on Staten Island, but that ride had ended 12 years earlier when they ...

In 1969, WCCO reporter Al Austin and photojournalist Gordon Bartouche traveled to Vietnam and followed nearly a dozen Minnesota soldiers on the front lines. Pauleen Le reconnects with one of those ...