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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – 50 years ago this month, some of the most dramatic, traumatic moments in American history took ...
For the North Vietnamese, the S-75 was more than a weapon—it was a symbol of their ability to adapt and resist despite overwhelming odds. Of course, for America, it was also a sign of how far Moscow ...
On April 14, 1975, North Vietnamese tanks burst through the gates of the South Vietnamese government’s presidential palace, a short distance away at the American Embassy, as people scrambled to escape ...
Some remember the Vietnam War battles from the headlines of the 1960s and 1970s, others from movies and history books. And ...
On April 11, 1945, a Japanese pilot slammed his Zero fighter plane into the USS Missouri and ignited a fireball during the ...
Vance Hunt, a disabled veteran, carries a “Thank You Veterans,” flag while Sari Hunt, a Ukrainian Jewish Israeli citizen, ...
Minden resident Jeff Evans and Col. Jackson Doan, commanding officer of the Marines’ Mountain Warfare Training Center north of Bridgeport, California, were among the speakers at this year’s annual ...
Robert Lodge chose death over the prospect of giving up information to enemy forces. (U.S. Air Force) Maj. Robert Alfred ...
It has been 50 years since the fall of Saigon, which was the last major event of the Vietnam War. A First Lieutenant pilot in ...
On the anniversary when combat troops left South Vietnam, the local remembrance day focused on the theme of “Honor and ...
In 1967 the Vietnam War became personal for Peggy Williams when her brother, Junior, went to Vietnam with the Marines.
Adena native and Army Specialist E4 Dale Stock is among more than 58,000 veterans who are memorialized on the Vietnam ...