Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, decades of progress in addressing its legacies are coming undone.

Marty Connor was 18 years old when he fought all 36 days during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. But perhaps his greatest ...

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FILE - A U.S. military uniform displays the American flag patch as new policy changes reignite debate over transgender service members. (Photo by CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP via Getty Images ...

It was an image that instantly became an American historical icon. But the haze of war and human memory shrouded the ...