More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John Ripley will be awarded the Medal of Honor.
Capt. John Ripley hung 500 pounds of explosives under a bridge, swinging hand over hand for hours, to stop a major offensive in Vietnam.
On the upper Saigon River in August 1969, a six-man Army ambush team was hit by machine guns and rockets and called for help. Patrol boat crews were under orders to stay on their boats, but Petty ...
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Ilia Malinin beat Japanese rival Shun Sato in a head-to-head showdown at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday night, helping the U.S. defend its team figure skating gold medal by breaking a deadlock ...
Feb. 5 (UPI) --Though still awaiting Senate confirmation, Jennifer Wicks McNamara is preparing to land in Hanoi not with a ceremonial bouquet, but with a tariff ledger in hand instead. The ...
Director J.M. Harper uses archival footage and testimonies from the members of the titular Soul Patrol to share their stories. The Vietnam war ended over a half-century ago, but the 20-year war ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ed Emmanuel is on a mission. The former Vietnam veteran and filmmaker told some of his story in his 2003 memoir “Soul Patrol: The ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Vietnam War has been analyzed, litigated and relived in countless books, films and TV shows. Whether we’ve learned a single ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Tô Lâm was reelected Communist Party general secretary and is set to become president, consolidating power—a break ...
One of Asia’s most dynamic nations is weighing how to balance government control with raising per capita G.D.P. by about 70 percent in five years. By Damien Cave and Tung Ngo Damien Cave reported from ...