We asked a few salty Recon Marine veterans which books they recommend. ... The 3rd Force Recon is one of only two Marine units during the Vietnam War to receive the U.S. Army’s Valorous Unit ...

Retired Marine Corps Maj. James Capers, Jr. received the Silver Star Medal in 2010 for actions in the Vietnam War. (Courtesy of Jim Capers) A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a ...

A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a Silver Star Medal to a Medal of Honor for a recon Marine who fought through severe injuries while under attack on a mission in the jungles of ...

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 ...

Many veterans who saw action in the Vietnam War have described military operations conducted in the A Shau Valley as hell on Earth. Dark Docs. The Last Major Marine Battle of the Vietnam War.

It was July 1968 and Jim Files — an airborne and scuba-qualified reconnaissance Marine — was assigned with fellow Marines to guard a bridge at Cam Lo, Vietnam. “We would scuba under the ...

Up there with the Huey as an icon of Vietnam, the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II was the most prolific aircraft of the war. Designed by the Navy as a state-of-the-art fighter-interceptor, the U ...

An Iowa native and former U.S. Marine is marking the end of the Vietnam War 50 years ago today, ... Some 115,000 Iowans served in the Vietnam War and 868 of them died there. (By Lucia Cheng, ...

A Vietnam War veteran was so moved by Donald Trump’s reaction to the assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., that he gave his Purple Heart to the former president on Friday.. The former Marine ...

Vietnam’s Poignant Celebration of Victory Over America 50 Years Ago A Marine Corps veteran who served in the war returned to the country as it marked a half-century since it prevailed over the U ...

The excellent F-4 Phantom II fighter jet, developed by McDonnell Douglas, was one of the main fighters the U.S. used in Vietnam.The first F-4 was built in 1958, and by 1979, McDonnell Douglas had ...

Troy Chancellor Jack Hawkins Jr. left Vietnam as a Marine in 1969. He returned there as chancellor of Troy University in 2002 to build relationships with Vietnamese chancellors to establish ...