Con Thien sat just below the DMZ and gave American forces a commanding view of the approaches from the north, but it was also ...

A former Marine shares experiences from missions in Vietnam, covering combat operations, challenges in the field, and ...

Standing on the U.S. Embassy roof as tanks rumbled toward Saigon and gunfire rang out below, Juan Valdez wondered if he and his fellow Marines might have actually been forgotten. Working through the ...

She feared this was about her husband, Paul, a Marine Corps lieutenant in Vietnam. They had been married only a few months, and his class had just completed the Basic Officer Course in Quantico, ...

U.S. Marines from the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade land in Da Nang, Vietnam, March 1965. (PhotoQuest/Getty Images) On March 8, 1965, 3,500 Marines of the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade — the ...

Jimmy Jackson Jr. is among 28 service members unaccounted for who served in Vietnam and whose bodies were never recovered. In 1969, Lance Cpl. James W. “Jimmy” Jackson Jr. walked into a medical ...

SAIGON -- Combat-ready U.S. Marines swarmed ashore today and took up defense positions around the Da Nang air base only 80 miles from Communist North Vietnam. It was the first Marine landing in a ...

Marines at Camp Lejeune now issue, turn in and repair gear under one roof at the new 109,000-square-foot Class II Logistics ...

(NEXSTAR) — This year marks 50 years since the fall of Saigon. For many who fought in Vietnam, the years since have been spent coping with physical pain and PTSD. Their common bond helps get them ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. True Story Follows a Unit of Marines During the Vietnam War After They Were Sworn In During a Minnesota Twins Baseball ...

A small granite marker in Veterans Park signifying Clark County service in the first U.S. Marine Corps unit in Vietnam will receive an upgrade and expand into a tribute to all Marines, thanks to the ...