Fifty years after its horrors, we know that the press helped to turn public opinion against the conflict. That’s because war is hell, and hell is photogenic.

Bong Son, Vietnam, Feb. 2, 1966: Ground crewmen prepare to refuel a Scout H-13 helicopter during the 1st Air Cavalry Division’s participation in Operation White Wing. Flying “low and slow,” the pilots ...

TOKYO — Film star Charlton Heston said here Friday that Americans were in Vietnam because of their determination to let the Vietnamese choose their own form of government and their own way of life.

Debbie Eller paused, tears pricking at her eyes. “I won’t tell this easily,” she said, as she started to explain the wishbone. It had come from a Thanksgiving turkey in 1965, when Eller was on the ...

The upcoming Vietnam War drama "The Last Full Measure" tells the story of Airman 1st Class William Pitsenbarger's heroic courage in the jungles of Vietnam in 1966, and the decades-long fight by his ...

The Museum’s Huey served with four units in Vietnam between 1966 and 1970. Though now painted in National Guard livery, it retains an XM52 smoke generator similar to the one it carried for the 11th ...

WHEN the monsoon rains began last April, the Viet Cong and PAVN (People’s Army of North Vietnam) had deployed fifty-six main-force battalions in the central highlands of South Vietnam and ...

It took more than 45 years, but finally, the remains of Lt. Commander William Egan are back in Texas. And they were welcomed the way you might think all heroes should be received. Lt. Commander ...

A paratrooper officer reflected upon his Vietnam service and the time he spent with Bob Hope and other celebrities there to entertain the troops serving there. “I traveled the Bob Hope Show in 1966,” ...

Tired of ads? Subscribers enjoy a distraction-free reading experience. Click here to subscribe today or Login. VANG TAU, Vietnam (AP) — Under pressure from top Australian officials, Vietnam on ...