The USA would ultimately drop three million tonnes of bombs in Vietnam - more than all the bombs dropped in Europe during World War Two ... The Vietcong wore no uniform and could not be found ...

In effect it meant the USA was beginning the process of withdrawing troops from Vietnam, while strengthening the South Vietnamese army with the aim of getting it to take over the war against ...

The fall of the South Vietnam capital of Saigon on April 30, 1975 — soon to be 50 years ago — effectively spelled the end of ...

Troyer was like other soldiers in that he didn't question the draft or the Vietnam conflict. His father and grandfather had served in war, so that's what he would do; Troyer felt he had "no ...

A favored support gun, the 105mm howitzer used in Vietnam had seen action in World War II. Modified to improve field mobility, the guns served admirably throughout the Vietnam conflict.

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women ...