Of the 33,000 books about the Vietnam War, all but a few eagerly sidestep ... 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry—not because it wasn’t an appalling war crime but because the event, now fashioned ...
Army Pfc. Kenneth J. David drew enemy fire to save the wounded. Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr. was killed while using his body to ...
Yes, there were Soviet troops in North Vietnam, and in significantly larger numbers than their Korean War predecessors.
An author from the Birnamwood area is currently writing his second book, this time it’s about veterans who served in the ...
Although minor in size, the battle at Firebase Maureen was nonetheless major in ferocity — enough to produce two Medal of ...
Joe Kauffman enlisted in the infantry and witnessed the bloody fighting ... Kauffman spoke out against the Vietnam War and encouraged students to engage in peaceful demonstrations.
Walt Peffer, who was the chief of staff for four Omaha mayors, was elected as the Douglas County Assessor/Register of Deeds ...
The father will gain fame leading the Army's celebrated First Infantry Division during World ... becoming the first American casualty of the Vietnam War. Following a breakdown in negotiations ...
President Joe Biden on Friday posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to five minority soldiers from the Korean War who may have ... other soldiers who served in Vietnam -- Pvt.