FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (May 17, 2012) -- "When a free nation sends men and women to war, their sacrifice must be honored and rewarded. Regardless of outcome, these people deserve our thanks, respect, ...

The Battle of Firebase Ripcord was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Vietnam War, and the last wide-ranging encounter between the US and the North Vietnamese Army before the war ended. Even though ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Veterans have continued to keep in touch through a yearly reunion which took place in Myrtle Beach this weekend nearly 50 years after the Battle of Ripcord, the last major ...

I worked on over thirty episodes of "War Stories," but this one holds a special place in my heart and mind. For me the Siege of Firebase Ripcord distills the complex history of America's war in ...

It was July 1970 and Freddie Gilbert of Odenton was walking point as a member of the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam. The last major ground battle of the Vietnam War was raging on around him in the ...