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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...