Despite numerous health problems caused by exposure to Agent Orange (a powerful herbicide mixture used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War to defoliate trees and destroy enemy cover), Martinez continues to support his fellow veterans, and America, in any manner he can.

After months of uncertainty over U.S. aid, the defense secretary pledged that Washington would keep funding programs that help address the wounds of the Vietnam War.

Janet Speck has spent her career helping others, from treating soldiers in war zones to delivering babies in local hospitals.

As city leaders wait to find out if Brown will be awarded the Medal of Honor, Hamilton will again celebrate him. At noon on Saturday, the city will erect a flagpole at Bailey Square to celebrate Brown’s heroism.

Applause greeted Kathleen Ryan and Nancy Smith as they took their place before the 53 other veterans of Honor Flight Rochester’s Mission 92. A member of the memorial presented the two with their stories,

For Veterans Day, a Jacksonville man remembers his cousin, an Army Ranger who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.

After basic training, Mayfield was sent to Fort Carson, Colorado. His journey to Vietnam took him from Colorado to Oakland, California, and then to Tacoma, Washington. “We went on across on a boat, about 28 days on a boat, and that was miserable,” he said. A total of 6,000 service members were aboard the ship to Vietnam.

More than 1,500 American flags will fill Rotary Hill when the Healing Field of Honor returns to downtown Naperville this week.

"I could not shake the feeling that today was going to be a scary day," a Vietnam veteran writes in this War Horse reflection.

In 1964, as the Vietnam War escalated, the U.S. military turned to chemistry in its search for endurance and control. This episode traces how stimulants, sedatives, and antipsychotics became standard issue — creating what some called “the pharmacological soldier.

This costly conflict spanned generations—and its brutal legacy endures. But why did the bloodshed go on for so long?