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

From the early 1960s to 1975, the United States fought alongside South Vietnam against communist North Vietnam and the Viet ...

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 ...

Toung, a former officer of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, migrated to the United States when American troops left ...

A dead-end alley: the United States, France and the First Indochina War, 1950-1954 -- Our offspring: nation-building in South Vietnam, 1954-1961 -- Limited partnership: Kennedy and Diem, 1961-1963 -- ...

Jeremy Glazier is proud of his father, a Vietnam War veteran. As the Vietnam veteran population continues to age, Glazier ...

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

The locations of many of Vietnam's biggest and most famous battles attract crowds of sightseers and veterans from both sides of the conflict Hamburger Hill, Hue, the Ia Drang Valley, Khe Sanh: some ...