Nearly 400 people — most of whom were Vietnam veterans — gathered on the 50th anniversary of the end of U.S. involvement in ...

Today marks the 60th anniversary of the first U.S. combat troops arriving in Vietnam. Millions of American servicemen and women would do tours of duty there, including Army specialist Henry Smithers.

Last January, my column highlighted the Vietnam-era Medal of Honor awarded to Army ... He died a heroic U.S. Army combat infantryman, worthy of its highest honor and a model of dogged grit for ...