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 ...

When readers and armchair historians think of underwater combat, they probably think of Navy SEALs first, but Force Recon Marines, especially in the Vietnam War, saw a lot of diving duties.Like ...

Marine veteran ran beers to Vietnam War soldiers in 'The Greatest Beer Run Ever' ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke with John "Chickie" Donohue about the new Apple TV+ film on his journey through ...

In the fall of 1967, The Basic School in Quantico, Virginia, finished training 498 twenty-something Marine second lieutenants.By the end of the year, nearly all were in Vietnam. Before Christmas ...

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 ...

On April 24, 1967, Sauer, a lieutenant patrolling with 1st Battalion, 9th Marines led a five-man squad on a recon patrol of Hill 861 in the Republic of Vietnam.

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 ...

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 ...

On David Monroe Shoup’s second trip to the sandy beaches of Betio Island on Nov. 20, 1968, he didn’t have to dodge enemy fire. The decorated Marine and former commandant of the Marine Corps ...

Barry Graham wasn’t looking for a crusade.He was in an open-air storage yard in Ramona on a September day in 2020. Retired after a long career in environmental engineering, he kept some heavy… ...

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.