Vietnam War

The recent serious allegations of CNN broadcasting fake news aren’t new for the Atlanta-based cable network. On June 7, 1998, in an effort to compete with CBS’s popular 60 Minutes program, CNN launched a new program called NewsStand. It aired a story entitled “Valley of Death,” which alleged that 16 Green Berets and 120 indigenous troops […]

The names of two U. S. Army Green Berets awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously during the Vietnam War were inducted into the U.S. Army Special Forces Regiment as distinguished and honorary members Friday during a formal ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School at Ft. Bragg, N.C. The honored Special […]

On September 15, 2016, U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (R-TX) introduced H. Res. 871, which calls for the United States government to increase its efforts in finding 83,000 POW/MIA from around the world. The bill also asks for foreign governments to aid in the efforts to find and locate our missing and fallen service members. Rep. Johnson was a […]

All the content in this article comes from ProfessionalSoldiers.com, a forum from Green Berets for Green Berets. I had read it and listened to the recording many years before I come aboard at SOFREP and I wanted to share it as a tribute to the brave men of MACV-SOG as this piece of history showcases vividly what […]

The details of the heroism that will see Charles Kettles awarded the Medal of Honor at the White House come back clearly and quickly even five decades later. The White House announced Tuesday afternoon that Kettles would receive the award from President Obama on July 18. Kettles, 86, recalls the events of May 15, 1967: flying his […]

Norris refused to abandon the downed pilots, even after initial failure, and went behind enemy lines over and over again, using daring, subterfuge, and ingenuity to execute his mission.

Ramon “Tony” Nadal can forget a lot of things in his life, but even the passage of half a century has not dulled the memory of three scorching days in the jungles of Southeast Asia during one of the most significant battles of the Vietnam War. A mission to hunt down North Vietnamese troops who […]

The last American combat flag from the Vietnam War is being put up for auction. War hero Army Col. Chester Bailey McCoid took the large flag with him when he became the last ground force soldier to leave the South Vietnam port city of Da Nang on March 29, 1973, a month before the fall […]

Here is a Q&A session with Dick Couch, former Navy SEAL and author of “By Honor Bound: Two Navy SEALs, the Medal of Honor, and a Story of Extraordinary Courage.”

FighterSweep Fans, for our Throwback Thursday this week, we take you inside the cockpit of the mighty McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, as flown by the “Vigilantes” of VF-151. The story occurs in 1972, and you are inside the cockpit with then-Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Art “Kim” Long, a U.S. Navy Radar Intercept Officer. How did […]

“Honor Bound” can appeal to so many different groups of readers, as it has quite a bit to offer, both historically and inspirationally.

SGT Boyer’s remains will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors.