Vietnam

Abrams became a Soldier and he left for Vietnam on Thanksgiving Day 1967. The private arrived in Chu Lai as a member of 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division.

On 24 October 1966, 1st Lt. John F. Cochrane of the 409th Radio Research Detachment (RRD), 303d Radio Research Battalion, was killed by a Viet Cong sniper while looking for a suitable site to set up a PRD-1 direction finder. He was one of two battlefield losses within the detachment.

Former Soldiers from B Troop, 7th Squadron, 1st Air Cavalry Squadron visited Gowen Field Oct. 21 to see a familiar piece of their history: the AH-1 Cobra that several of them flew in Vietnam, which now sits outside the Idaho Military Division’s headquarters building.

“I’m proud to finally award our highest military recognition, the Medal of Honor, to each of you.” I’m happy to finally present our highest military recognition, the Medal of Honor, to each of you, the president said in a speech to the three surviving servicemen and the Kaneshiro family members.

For Outstanding Valor and Courage: The Roy Benavidez Story “If the story of his heroism were a movie script, you would not believe it.” — Ronald Reagan, February 24th, 1981, during the Medal of Honor speech for Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavidez Selfless Service On a trip through dense jungle undergrowth to recover more wounded, […]

In part 3, SEAL Team 6 founder Dick Marcinko talks about SEALs in combat in the jungles of the Vietnam-Laotian border. An eight-man team against over 200 North Vietnamese regulars. They did have one advantage, artillery.

Home for Christmas is the dream of every U.S. service member serving in uniform since the Civil War.

In 1981, something fell from the skies. Did the Soviet Union use mycotoxins as a chemical weapon, or was it something… stinkier?

Next time you hear the name Pat Sajak just maybe you’ll think about Pat the Vietnam veteran rather than just Pat the “TV show guy.”

The Marines won the Battle of Hue. Yet, the U.S. public opinion was blind to their efforts and sacrifice and considered the battle a defeat.

Joe Galloway “was the kindest, most gentle and loving man. He loved the boys and girls of the U.S. military. He loved his country.”

The Gerber MK II is made for one thing: killing the enemy, whether they be terrorists, communists, or any other opponents of democracy.