NORWALK -- Fifty years ago this month, John Rey was counting down the days until his four-year U.S. Marines stint ended. "I had a job as an electrician waiting for me in New York," said Rey, now 72 ...

Armed with six 106mm recoilless rifles, the M50 Ontos delivered concentrated firepower in Vietnam’s toughest fights. Beehive ...

Born from a simple idea sketched out by two Marine officers who wanted a better counter-insurgency aircraft, the North ...

It took months of risk and danger in the Vietnam War before U.S. Marine Cpl. Dennis Fisher got used to reaching for his camera instead of his firearm. “This drive ...

PFC Dan Bullock became the youngest American service member killed in the Vietnam War after forging his birth certificate to enlist in the Marine Corps at only 14-years-old.

Over a single 12-month tour, Paden logged 1,800 flight hours as a door gunner, crew chief and flight engineer on one of Vietnam's most indispensable and vulnerable aircraft, the CH-47, also known as ...

The full letter, which is widely available these days, ran to about 2,000 words worth of evidence that “something very black indeed” had happened. Further publicity came in the form of an ...

A timely tribute to Vietnam veterans ahead of National Vietnam Veterans Day; Delegation part of Eagle Society’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. James Russell Butcher Jr., a portrait painter and illustrator who was a Vietnam War Marine Corps combat artist, died of cancer Jan ...

The U.S. Marine Corps has been instrumental in American combat operations for well over 200 years. Aside from the will to fight, the rifle has long stood as the Marines’ most important weapon on the ...

State Rep. Joe D’Orsie, R-Mount Wolf, will host a ceremony to officially designate the bridge carrying state Route 462 over a tributary of Kreutz Creek in Hellam Township as the Roger Lee Fraker ...