Believing the Vietnam War is still going on, he sits alone in a squatting position in a corner of his room. “His major obsession is to return to the jungle one day,” said Cerezo.

The father and son were discovered earlier when two people from a nearby village ventured some 25 miles into the forest looking for firewood. When he fled 40 years ago, Thanh was reportedly ...

Veterans of the Vietnam War’s long-range reconnaissance patrols recount their missions through the jungle, where they faced far more than just the enemy.

Ho Van Thanh, 82, is carried out of the jungle on a stretcher as his son, 41-year-old Ho Van Lang (purple shirt) walks beside him. The pair were found in the forest in Quang Ngai province, Vietnam ...

Of the 62 days I spent on my first deployment, most of that was just boring patrolling. The confrontations in the jungle didn't go on for more than a couple of hours each time. You'd blaze away at ...

“But to crawl on it as a jungle gym? It’s disrespectful, of course … this is really sacred.” Evans attended the dedication of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial designed by Maya Lin in 1982.

When he left Vietnam, he was so jumpy from memories of sniper fire, he avoided turning his back on anybody. "When I came back, I tried to forget," said Gouge, 58, a retired phone company manager.

Veterans of the Vietnam War’s long-range reconnaissance patrols recount their missions through the jungle, where they faced far more than just the enemy. “The jungle would be very beautiful if ...