When two understrength Marine companies pushed north along Highway 561 on the morning of July 2, 1967, they walked straight ...

This year and next year, when most of the men served, mark the 50th anniversaries of some of the bloodiest months of the Vietnam War. The year 1967 saw the deaths of 11,400 Americans, and 1968 claimed ...

Christy Sauro went to his first Twins game a few weeks after graduating from North St. Paul High School in June 1967. He didn’t even make it to the seventh-inning stretch. Sauro was one of 150 young ...

Of all the military forces that fought against the communists in Vietnam, the ROK Marines had the most fearsome reputation.

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, May 18, 1967. It is republished unedited in its original form. Tom Dreiling — one of the two Stars and Stripes correspondents ...

In the fall of 1967, a land mine in Vietnam killed a Fort Mill teen, husband and expectant father on his first patrol as a Marine. A month later, another mine killed a Rock Hill soldier with 10 ...

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On David Monroe Shoup’s second trip to the sandy beaches of Betio Island on Nov. 20, 1968, he didn’t have to dodge enemy fire. The decorated Marine and former commandant of the Marine Corps walked ...

The VOC Museum is a project of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. Their Vietnam exhibit, officially titled “Vietnam: The Truth,” opened in January 2025 and will run until June, sponsored by ...

Editors Note: This commentary first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. I woke up early on ...

USS John L. Canley joined the active fleet as the US Navy's newest warship, a floating sea base. The Canley is the Navy's sixth expeditionary mobile base (ESB). The first of its name, the warship ...

Of all the sovereign nation-state military forces that fought against the communists in Vietnam, the ROK Marines—who trace their founding back to April 15, 1949—arguably had the most fearsome ...