In 1983, I promised an Atlanta mother I would uncover the truth about what happened to her youngest son, who disappeared in Vietnam 56 years ago. Now, more than 42 years after that promise, I might be ...

The war was sustained by a seductive delusion: that an unwinnable conflict might still be managed into an outcome short of ...

The Marine Corps’ Combined Action Program in Vietnam paired small squads of Marines with local Popular Forces militias to secure villages through long-term presence and trust-building. Rooted in the ...

This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Global edition, March 5, 2018. It is republished unedited in its original form. Marine vet recalls battle that claimed his best friend DONG HA, ...

"We were supposed to only live 10 seconds." A Marine Corps radio operator shares his amazing story of survival in Vietnam, overcoming discrimination, and finally being honored. After endearing one of ...

Standing on the U.S. Embassy roof as tanks rumbled toward Saigon and gunfire rang out below, Juan Valdez wondered if he and his fellow Marines might have actually been forgotten. Working through the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Dodge City native Jesse Ramos answered the call to service in 1968 by joining the Marines. “I really did like the Marine Corps uniforms, but I think maybe once I got to ‘Nam, I ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — One Kansas native served in Vietnam, but it was only a fraction of his over 20-year career in the Marine Corps. Joseph Garcia, a Sharon Springs native, was drafted in 1968 and ...