WASHINGTON — Lawmakers have renewed an effort to award the Medal of Honor to Maj. James Capers Jr., a reconnaissance Marine who in 1967 led his nine-member team to safety despite being ...

When retired Marine Cpl. Scott Harrison was stationed at U.S. Marine outpost Con Thien during the Vietnam War, it was a music ...

Inducted into the Marine Corps at a 1967 Twins game with 149 others, North Branch author Christy Sauro spent years collecting the Vietnam War stories of his fellow Marines.

The U.S. Navy vet is one of many servicemembers who cleared mines from a Vietnamese harbor after the war, meaning they're ineligible for the medal.

In July 1968 Doc’s remarkable run of luck ran out as he was wounded and evacuated to hospital on Okinawa. In September he ...

In April 1968, a black car pulled into the driveway of the Brooks family home in Pittsfield. A U.S. Marine dressed in a crisp navy blue uniform stepped out, accompanied by a chaplain. Without a ...

Many veterans who saw action in the Vietnam War have described military operations conducted in the A Shau Valley as hell on Earth. Nevertheless, the young men of the 9th Marine Regiment and the 2nd ...