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 ...

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 ...

In April 1967, Marine 2nd Lt. James Capers Jr. ignored his numerous bullet and shrapnel wounds to lead his nine-man team from 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company against an enemy ambush in South Vietnam.

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 ...

A group of veterans and lawmakers is urging President Donald Trump to award an 87-year-old Marine Corps "legend" and war hero the Medal of Honor after he was snubbed by former President Joe Biden.

Veterans of the Vietnam War’s LRRP units talk about how they learned the skills they needed to survive their missions deep behind enemy lines. Watch “Shadows in the Jungle,” Episode 2: “On ...

AMERICAN FORK — More than 50 years after a U.S. Marine from American Fork went missing during the Vietnam War, he received full military honors during his funeral on Veterans Day.

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, ...

Black Force Recon Marine, battlefield commission, Vietnam War hero ... snubbed for the Medal of Honor? The letter, signed in February by six U.S. senators and 41 representatives, details Capers ...