Vietnam veterans

A United States soldier holds up a giant jungle centipede during the Vietnam War, 1967

War dominated 30 years of Vietnam’s history last century. The struggle that began with communists fighting French colonial power in the 1940s did not end until they seized Saigon and control of the…

View of two American soliders in the fore as, behind them, a UH-1D Tactical Transport helicopter takes off after unloading troops during Operation White Wing, near Bong Son, Vietnam, February 19, 1966. Operation White Wing (January 24 – March 6, 1966) was a search and destroy operation; To locate and destroy enemy forces in the Bong Son Plain and surrounding areas in II corps' Binh Dinh Province, conducted by 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile, USA); 22d Division and Airborne Brigade (ARVN);1st…

GORDON DOUGLAS BIRDSELL is honored on Panel 26W, Row 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. GORDON DOUGLAS BIRDSELL is from INDIAN HARBOUR BEACH, FL and served as a SP4 in the ARMY.

Here we are, almost forty years after the end of the Vietnam War, reminiscing on Facebook and other social websites about those experiences we endured in a war so long ago. As we age, …

A U.S. Marine in 1966. He wears a first pattern M1955 flak vest, as well as M56 ammo pouches and Army issue M1945 suspenders. His helmet cover is the WWII issue cover with an integral insect net, shown here tucked inside the helmet.

66-year-old Jack Hughes was returning home from a Veterans Day event in St Louis, when he was assaulted by a group of Marines