A Lesson on Dissent from Vietnam War Protester Who Joined US Military -- And Faced Execution During the late 1960s, when protests against the Vietnam War erupted across the country, college campuses emerged as places...
Clarence Sasser, Vietnam Medic Awarded Medal of Honor for Treating Troops Under Fire, Dies at 76 After returning to the U.S. from Vietnam, Sasser received his Medal of Honor from President Richard Nixon in 1969, in a...
Clarence 'Bud' Anderson, Last World War II Triple Ace, Dies at 102 Clarence E. "Bud" Anderson died in his sleep at his home in Auburn, California, on May 17, 2024, just a little over a year...
What Was Rolling Thunder? No burnouts, no booze – but still one of the most important motorcycle rallies of all time.
Dick Rutan, Who Set an Aviation Milestone When He Flew Nonstop Around the World, Is Dead at 85 He joined the U.S. Air Force as a teenager and flew more than 300 combat missions during the Vietnam War.
Troops Fired on Kent State Students in 1970. Survivors See Echoes in Today's Campus Protest Movement Kent State University is marking another solemn anniversary of the National Guard shootings that killed four unarmed students...
Terry Anderson, AP Reporter Abducted in Lebanon and Held Captive for Years, Has Died at 76 After graduating from high school, Anderson turned down a scholarship to the University of Michigan in favor of enlisting in...
Army Ranger Legend and Last Living Korean War Medal of Honor Recipient Ralph Puckett Dies at 97 When Ralph Puckett was chosen to lead a new Ranger company in 1950, he said a prayer: "Dear God, don't let me get a bunch of...
Aretha Franklin Inadvertently Recorded One Of Vietnam’s Best Protest Songs African-American veterans returning home from Vietnam transformed "Chain of Fools" into an "angry rejection of the chain of...
'Fracture Jaw': The Army's Plan to Use Tactical Nuclear Weapons During the Vietnam War On Jan. 24, 1968, Westmoreland asked Sharp to move tactical nuclear weapons into northern Quang Tri province as a last-ditch...
The Army Needs Hundreds of Officers to Leave Combat Arms Lieutenants currently branched in armor, infantry, combat engineer and field artillery can apply between Jan. 7 and Feb. 17...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Marine Corps Brings in Civilians to Tackle Barracks Management, Repairs in Decades-Old Housing The Marine Corps is expanding its plan to put civilians in its barracks manager program, a move intended to improve decades...
Air Force's New Deployment Model Sparks Criticism, Staffing Concerns at Bases Some Air Force officials are concerned by the service's innovative deployment model, a new government watchdog report...
Family of Airman Killed in Japan Osprey Crash Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Scrutiny of the military's Osprey aircraft is ramping up as family members of an Air Force special operations airman who was...