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

After months of uncertainty over U.S. aid, the defense secretary pledged that Washington would keep funding programs that ...

For decades, Ha Toung kept quiet about his experience in Southeast Asia. Toung, a former officer of the Army of the Republic ...

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 ...

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 -- ...

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 ...

U.S. allies worry that American volatility and Russian outreach and arms sales, in particular, are driving Vietnam into a new phase.