James Capers Jr. led a small reconnaissance team through an ambush in Vietnam even though he had more than a dozen shrapnel and bullet wounds.

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers have renewed an effort to award the Medal of Honor to Maj. James Capers Jr., a reconnaissance Marine who in 1967 led his nine-member team to safety despite being grievously ...

BROCKTON — Lorraine Burbank was 10 in the summer of 1967. One day a priest and two Marines showed up at the gate. It meant her older brother was dead. Marine Cpl. Wladyslaw "Scotty" Staniszewski was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The gentle giant in Vietnam. When readers and armchair historians think of underwater combat, they probably think of Navy SEALs ...