Johnrob/istockphotoThe Vietnam War remains a haunting yet fascinating time in history, and nearly half a century later, ...

To this day, little is known in the West about the fate of the more than 200,000 Vietnamese prisoners of war who fell into ... jet was shot down over North Vietnam, crash-landing behind enemy ...

Despite diminished effectiveness by the end of the war, the missiles and crews are still celebrated in Vietnam for protecting ... when he joined the North Vietnamese army and spent four months ...

Barely more than two years after Green Beret Robert Howard’s heroic attempt to retrieve a severely injured lieutenant from enemy-controlled territory during the Vietnam War, he stood before ...

The Vietnam War was ... held public hearings about the war and voiced his own opposition to the conflict. In January 1968, during the Vietnamese New Year, Tet, the North Vietnamese launched ...

From his experience growing up as a refugee of the Vietnam War, however ... him as the de facto moral figurehead for Vietnamese, both north and south. During his waning years and then following ...

In 1968, with mounting criticism of the Vietnam War at home and abroad, President Johnson announced that he would stop the bombing of North Vietnam ... the South Vietnamese army with the aim ...

Vietnam had been a French colony close colonyA country, state or territory ruled over by another country, state or territory. before it was occupied by the Japanese during World War Two.

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. — Cheers erupted as Vietnam War veterans were celebrated for their service during the Army & Air Force Exchange Service Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Pinning Ceremony March 28.

"It was the first time the North Vietnamese Army came ... Medal of Honor recipients of the Vietnam War. He spent the rest of his 30-plus-year career in the Army, retiring as a colonel in 1988.