Author, historian and Vietnam veteran Marc Leepson's new book, "The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW's Story of Courage ...

South Dakotan Douglas Brent Hegdahl, who’d never seen the ocean before joining the Navy in the midst of the Vietnam War, had somehow fallen from the ship. Just 20 years old, he survived hours in ...

50 years after his actions in the Vietnam War. Sgt. Major Canley died on May 11, 2022 in Bend, OR. following a battle with cancer. He was 84. The Navy confirmed the ship would be named for ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) underwater recovery team is in Northern Vietnam searching for the remains of two naval aviators who are believed to have ...

The U.S. Veterans Administration should pay retroactive benefits to thousands of Navy veterans who served on ships off Vietnam’s coast for ... At that time, the VA used a Vietnam War service medal as ...

Lassen is one of only 3,526 Medal of Honor recipients, and one of just three Navy pilots to receive the decoration during the Vietnam War. He is the 32nd Medal of Honor recipient with a plaque on ...

Quincy native Richard A. Stratton, a retired Navy captain and one of the longest serving POW’s of the Vietnam War, was laid to rest in his hometown on Saturday with full military honors.

One of the key Vietnamese bases in Cam Rahn was used by the US military during the Vietnam war (1964-1975) and later by the Soviet and Russian military. The US and the French naval ships have ...

U.S. military aircraft were spotted landing at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday ahead of a funeral for a “true ...