There were a number of long-term and short-term reasons to explain why the USA became involved in Vietnam in the late 1950s. Before World War Two Vietnam had been part of the French Empire.

The Museum’s Huey served with four units in Vietnam between 1966 and 1970. Though now painted in National Guard livery, it retains an XM52 smoke generator similar to the one it carried for the ...

The Vietnamese Communists, or Vietcong, were the military branch of the National Liberation Front (NLF), and were commanded by the Central Office for South Vietnam, which was located near the ...

Dewey, an employee of the CIA's precursor agency, the Office of Strategic Services, is shot and killed on his way to the Saigon airport, becoming the first American casualty of the Vietnam War.

1600 PEOPLE HAVE DIED. IT’S BEEN 50 YEARS SINCE AMERICAN TROOPS LEFT VIETNAM, AND TODAY THOSE SOLDIERS ARE BEING REMEMBERED DURING NATIONAL VIETNAM VETERAN RECOGNITION DAY. THE DAY IS HONORED ...