U.S. Army Pfc. David L. Jackson was only 18 when he landed in Vietnam in December 1967. It was a pivotal time in the war, and Jackson would serve not one, but two combat tours in Southeast Asia, twice ...

The following area communities will host Memorial Day services. Brainerd ceremonies will begin at 9 a.m. Monday, May 26, with ...

Born and raised in Girard, David enlisted in the Army in August 1969. He served as an indirect fire crewman with the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam in 1970. During a military operation ...

The Bell V-280 demonstrator in flight. The US Army's 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, will be the type's first operating unit. (Bell) The US Army's 101st Airborne ...

"I went into the Army in April of 1967, and I was there through April of 1969," said Shore. "I was due to go to Vietnam in April of 1968, but the senior drill sergeant of my company got my orders ...

The 101st Airborne Division will be the first unit to get the Army’s new tiltrotor aircraft. This week the Army announced that the 101st will get to use Bell’s V-280 Valor, a next-generation ...

I entered active duty a few weeks after graduation in 1983 and found an Army reinventing itself. Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, the Army again needs to find itself after our nation ...

WCCO reporter Al Austin and photojournalist Gordon Bartouche traveled to Vietnam and followed nearly a dozen Minnesota soldiers on the front lines. Pauleen Le reconnects with one of those "grunts": ...

AL ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq – The most sought-after aviation brigade in the Army, the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) continues to provide aerial options ...