Exclusively for CounterPunch, Matthew Stevenson travels from Haiphong and Hanoi, in what was North Vietnam, to the Central Highlands and Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon and the capital, in search of ...

They met on a hill in a far corner of Vietnam. Especially on Veterans Day, David “Randy” Norton of Charlotte and Larry McCartney of Black Mountain remember that time in early 1968 at Khe Sanh, the ...

Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of one of the most significant battles of the Vietnam War – the Battle of Khe Sanh. Across the U.S., groups of Vietnam veterans will gather to ...

Larry Grant Jones, a USMC Vietnam War veteran and Silver Star recipient, died March 2 at his home in Tuolumne County. He was 78. Jones earned the Silver Star in July 1968 by saving more than 20 of his ...

Few Americans had it rougher in the Vietnam War than the 6,000 or so Marines who were caught at Khe Sanh during the infamous January–April 1968 siege by the North Vietnamese Army. Corbett was one of ...

Vietnam veteran shares stories of Marines’ battle at Khe Sanh Robert Maras has lived a life full of stories. He has stories from his days in law enforcement — 20 years with the Tulsa Police Department ...

When it comes to understatements, it's hard to top Sonny Campbell describing the 77-day siege of Khe Sanh as “pretty tough.” Cpl. Campbell served as a Marine Corps scout sniper in the 1968 battle at ...

Ron Rees knew a firestorm awaited him when his plane touched down 50 years ago in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam. What he did not know was where to run. Rees, who now lives in Cove, was one of about two ...

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the start of one of the most significant battles of the Vietnam War -- the Battle of Khe Sanh. Across the U.S., groups of Vietnam veterans are gathering to ...

SAN DIEGO — Two Vietnam veterans were awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star medals for their courage in a battle on a jungle hillside where more than 75 percent of the troops with them that day were ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following historical recollection was contributed by Leon Cederlind of Phillips, who was a U.S. Marines helicopter pilot and first lieutenant from 1964 to 1970. He served during the ...

Ron Campian of Canton, Ohio, joined the Marine Corps Reserve after graduating from high school, volunteered for active duty in 1967, and was sent overseas to serve on the ground in the Vietnam War.