SCOTT, La. (KLFY)– Nine million Americans served during the Vietnam War era. Rangers of the Army’s premier infantry force, known for conducting raids and assault missions, are in that number. The ...
Ranger development. Ranger background ; Korean War Ranger experience ; Reconnaissance on the eve of the Vietnam Conflict -- Americal Infantry Division : Americal Rangers. Combat reconnaissance in ...
JONESVILLE, Va. (WJHL) — The Vietnam War was the first to be shown on television, especially on the nightly news. But that only gave a glimpse of how horrific the war really was. Ed Johnston was one ...
Pete Lawrenson went to Vietnam on his 20th birthday, a fresh-faced Montana kid who joined the Army with two of his buddies because he wasn’t ready for college and he believed America needed to fight ...
RANGER – Big things are coming for Big Country veterans. “I don't think there is much that's coming down that's going to be more profound than what the PACT Act is going to be doing,” James Douglas ...
The 75th Airborne Rangers established a proud record for themselves in Vietnam, both as a unit and as individuals. Stephen Johnson, Bemidji, Minn., is president of the Company G (Ranger) 75th Infantry ...
Trung Lap Ranger Unit Training Center, South Vietnam, February, 1962: U.S. Army advisers 1st Lt. Edmond Fricki (standing) and 1st Lt. Major Bell demonstrate hand-to-hand combat before a group of ...
A two-tour Vietnam infantry veteran and a freelance writer join forces to produce this informative personal memoir that also casts light on the war's effect on American infantry tactics. When he went ...
Nearly 700 years ago, when Kublai Khan’s Mongol hordes swept out of the north, Viet Nam’s legendary military hero, Tran Hung Dao, sparked the courage of his beleaguered army by having them tattoo on ...
Hope springs eternal, and as 1964 began in South Viet Nam, there was still hope for victory in the grinding war against the Viet Cong Communists. But to many an American observer, the hope may be ...
For the Vietnamese community, April 30 is known as Black April, or Tháng Tư Đen. It's a day to lament and reflect on the fall of Saigon and of South Vietnam. In the two decades of conflict, experts ...
LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Richard Yada turned 18, enrolled at the University of Arkansas and decided to enlist in the United States Air Force. Yada enrolled in the ROTC program and signed up to serve four ...