Deployed in late 1966, the “Guns a Go-Go” unit quickly proved its worth in Vietnam’s unforgiving terrain. In the dense jungles of Vietnam, at a time when American and North Vietnamese forces were ...

As a young man, Lon Holmberg was a staunch critic of the Vietnam War, even protesting America’s involvement in the conflict. But when Holmberg was called to duty via the military draft, despite his ...

In March 1965, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War to prevent communism from spreading to that recently divided country’s southern half. That same year, a nationwide protest movement ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Vietnam War greatly impacted U.S. society from the passage of the War Powers Resolution that restricts the president’s ability to send troops into extended combat without ...

Vietnam War Army veteran Harry Metzler pays respects to men he served with in the 1st Infantry Division at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, November 11, 2024. Fifty years ago, communist ...

The Vietnam War wasn’t just fought in the dense jungles and muddy rice fields of Southeast Asia — it was felt in the homes and hearts of an entire generation. Young soldiers trudged through forests ...