South Vietnam, October 1966: A Marine helicopter lands on the hill landing zone to bring supplies and evacuate the wounded. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ coverage of the Vietnam War? Subscribe to ...

HAWTHORNE, N.J.-- This Memorial Day, a New Jersey town is remembering a Vietnam War Marine who was killed at just 21 years old. A new display in Hawthorne hopes to carry on his memory by showcasing a ...

Many might consider three Purple Heart medals and a Bronze Star for valor from service in the Vietnam War to be quite an impressive distinction. However, for U.S. Marine Corps veteran David Hunter, ...

Donat LeBlanc, a New Bedford native, served in the Vietnam War in 1966 as a Marine. He served nine months before being severely wounded during a medevac mission where he lost his right arm. He later ...

THE ROCKPILE, Vietnam — It's a freak of nature, a jagged piece of rock shaped like Gibraltar that rises 750 feet in the air. In other wars it could have been called Bunker Hill, Heartbreak Ridge or ...

The Navy has christened its newest destroyer in the name of Patrick Gallagher, a Camp Pendleton-trained Marine who threw himself on a hand grenade in Vietnam in July 1966, protecting fellow Marines ...