Returning to the U.S., Leonard was serving as a drill sergeant at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, nearing retirement from the Army, with thoughts of starting his own business and doing a lot of fishing.

Beginning April 29, the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and Viet Cong forces of North Vietnam launched a heavy artillery bombardment against Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) positions.

The South Vietnamese communists were well practiced in the latter, but when soldiers of the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) began making their way down the Ho Chi Minh Trail in growing numbers ...

After 1965, the North sent its formally trained and conventionally equipped People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) to join the NLF. Despite the scale of the American campaign, which peaked at over 540,000 ...

By the afternoon of the next day, the PAVN and the Viet Cong had occupied the important points of the city and raised their flag over the South Vietnamese presidential palace. Long-time Merritt ...