Of all the military forces that fought against the communists in Vietnam, the ROK Marines had ... lingering in the minds of ...

In 2020, he wrote a memoir about his experiences called, “Fly the Friendly Skies of Cambodia and Vietnam.” Some 115,000 Iowans served in the Vietnam War and 868 of them died there. (By Lucia ...

“The Battle of Hué would be the bloodiest of the Vietnam War, and a turning point not just in that conflict, but in American history.” On Feb. 17, 1968, Grantham was an 18-year-old Marine ...

"Lieutenant James Capers and his Force Reconnaissance Marines were ambushed by a numerically superior enemy force" during a mission in the Vietnam War ... ups in the U.S. Marine Corps recognized ...

James Capers Jr., a reconnaissance Marine who in 1967 led his nine-member team to safety despite being grievously wounded in the jungles of Vietnam. Capers, 87, received the Silver Star in 2010 ...

The future guided-missile destroyer Patrick Gallagher bears the name of Patrick Gallaher, a late Irish citizen and U.S. Marine ... to save his comrades in Vietnam. Gallagher survived the grenade ...

In late March 1967, Marine 2nd Lt. Jim Capers stepped off on a four-day patrol into the jungles near Phú Lộc, South Vietnam. Capers, recently promoted via a battlefield commission to second ...

He served in WWII, and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. "I never had been on a trip like this before," said 98-year-old Louis Massengale, who began his service with the U.S. Marine Corps at just 18.

Major James Capers, a highly decorated Vietnam veteran and Marine commando, will be in Ohio on Friday for a special visit as part of events celebrating Black History Month. “I was excited about ...

Of all the military forces that fought against the communists in Vietnam, the ROK Marines had the most ... In February 1966, the NVA attacked the Korean 3rd Marine Division at Tra Binh Dong.

Retired Marine Corps Maj. James Capers, Jr. received the Silver Star Medal in 2010 for actions in the Vietnam War. (Courtesy of Jim Capers) A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a ...