This costly conflict spanned generations—and its brutal legacy endures. But why did the bloodshed go on for so long?

DA NANG, Vietnam (AP) — The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical ...

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Reddit Share on LinkedIn Share via Email VICENZA, Italy – The 173rd Airborne Brigade's legacy was written in blood long before the mountains of Afghanistan ...

On Sunday, Toung was one of hundreds of Minnesotans who commemorated the 50th anniversary of the end of Southeast Asian conflicts during the Cold War era, including the Vietnam War and the Secret War.

Miami County native Bill Pitsenbarger didn’t live long, but he had an impactful life. The U.S. Air Force pararescueman flew ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — It was March 12, 1971, in northern Vietnam’s Quin Tri, when the gun truck, “Proud American,” was struck by two B40 shoulder-fired rockets, destroying the vehicle, killing the ...

Those of us who were alive in the Vietnam era will remember the sight of Soviet-built tanks rolling into the presidential palace in Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City. The US had failed to keep South ...

McGinnis’s book, named for his recon team, Romeo 1-1, is literally a diary he wrote during his deployment. One story in his ...

Steven Goben, a St. Joseph native and Vietnam War veteran, is preparing to return to Vietnam through a therapeutic program ...