During the fall of the South Vietnamese capital in 1975, he helped evacuate thousands, and was nearly left behind.

Standing on the U.S. Embassy roof as tanks rumbled toward Saigon and gunfire rang out below, Juan Valdez wondered if he and ...

To the leathernecks who served under him, it was only fitting that Master Sergeant Valdez was the last of their unit to depart Saigon.

An American 1st Air Cavalry helicopter airlifts supplies into a Marine outpost during Operation Pegasus in Vietnam in ...

Over a single 12-month tour, Paden logged 1,800 flight hours as a door gunner, crew chief and flight engineer on one of Vietnam's most indispensable and vulnerable aircraft, the CH-47, also known as ...

Funk, now 81, is one of 12 veterans returning March 1-8 to tour key Vietnam battle sites in Hanoi, Da Nang, Hue and Ho Chi ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: James K. F. Dung - Public Domain/Wiki Commons. From the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, helicopters have ...

FORT RUCKER, Ala. — On Sept. 10, hundreds gathered at Veterans Memorial Park to dedicate the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association Memorial Monument, honoring the thousands of aviators and crew ...