Maj. James Capers Jr. dedicated his life to serving his country. Now, his service is being honored. The 88-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran was recognized at the seventh annual Fox Nation Patriot ...
Clinton Larry Smith, a decorated Vietnam veteran and retired Marine Corps sergeant from Andalusia, passed away at 78, leaving ...
When two understrength Marine companies pushed north along Highway 561 on the morning of July 2, 1967, they walked straight into hell. Alpha and Bravo Companies of 1st Battalion, 9th Marines—numbering ...
A decorated Vietnam War veteran from Jacksonville, North Carolina has been selected as one of the nation’s 2026 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees, earning a ...
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 ...
Jimmy Jackson Jr. is among 28 service members unaccounted for who served in Vietnam and whose bodies were never recovered. In 1969, Lance Cpl. James W. “Jimmy” Jackson Jr. walked into a medical ...
In April 1968, a black car pulled into the driveway of the Brooks family home in Pittsfield. A U.S. Marine dressed in a crisp navy blue uniform stepped out, accompanied by a chaplain. Without a word, ...
She feared this was about her husband, Paul, a Marine Corps lieutenant in Vietnam. They had been married only a few months, and his class had just completed the Basic Officer Course in Quantico, ...
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — In the early days of U.S. involvement in Vietnam — about 1964 — Gwyn Howard said his Dad told him something. “Come out of college, and I was working with the power company over ...
Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap earned his reputation as one of history's great military commanders on May 7, 1954, when 16,000 French soldiers surrendered to him at Dien Bien Phu after a 57-day siege. The ...