They endured brutality, torture and disease for years in North Vietnam. A new exhibit at the National Naval Aviation Museum ...

Bullets whizzed by Cpl. Daniel “Duke” Heller as he rescued wounded Marines who’d been trapped in a North Vietnamese Army ambush in the A Shau Valley, Vietnam, on Feb. 13, 1969. Despite being wounded ...

A plaque will be dedicated Sunday at Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial to honor the heroism of Vietnam veteran retired Navy Cmdr. Clyde E. Lassen, who was awarded the Medal of Honor. The ...

At the time of their move from Vietnam to America, the family of nine consisted of 32-year-old father Xuyen and 27-year-old ...

On Wednesday the nation recognizes Vietnam War Veterans Day on the 50th anniversary of the end of ground operations in the war. But two local Navy veterans are among those with experience in the war ...

As a Navy seaman on the USS Montrose during the Korean War, Eddie Cahill helped with the transport of troops and equipment along the coast of South Korea. By the time the transport ship sailed for ...

“The first time here, you see flak bursting around your aircraft and uh not like that you’re gonna think, this is for real.” Navy Captain John Ensch’s words, spoken across the jungles of Vietnam, ...

Retired Rear Adm. Thomas Richards is presented the Silver Star Medal — for gallantry in action Jan. 30, 1971, while deployed to Vietnam — by Rear Adm. Keith Davids, commander of Naval Special Warfare ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Former Navy nurse Katherine Orr enjoys her retirement. It was 54 years ago when she first wore a military uniform right out of St. Francis School of Nursing in Poughkeepsie, ...

The A-1, a piston-engine propeller plane, held its own even as the US embraced jet-powered aircraft. When the A-1 left US service in the 1970s, about 30 variants had been used for different missions.