vietnam war
Vietnam veteran's dog tag found in rice field, returned to family 57 years later
The family of a late Vietnam veteran received a piece of their loved one's time in the Marine Corps decades later.
WH staffer cringed at Biden’s ‘dumb’ comment about Afghanistan withdrawal, book reveals
“That’s a dumb thing to say, he thought, because we fly helicopters from the embassy every day,” Whipple writes in his book, according to an excerpt released Thursday.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC vandalized
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund said Wednesday that vandals had struck its site in Washington, D.C.
The Monkees' Micky Dolenz sues to get secret FBI files on his '60s band
Rock legend Micky Dolenz filed a lawsuit against the DOJ Tuesday to try to get secret files the FBI compiled on The Monkees while they protested the Vietnam War in...
Biden awards Medal of Honor to 4 Vietnam vets — including 1 for heroic helicopter catch
President Biden awarded the Medal of Honor to four Vietnam War veterans Tuesday — including one former soldier who caught an injured compatriot as they fell out of a helicopter.
Vietnam 'Napalm Girl' gets final skin treatment in Miami 50 years after iconic photo
Now 59, Kim Phuc Phan Ti received her final skin treatment at a Miami clinic this week after decades of pain that continued to plague her scarred torso from a...
Veterans' toxic exposure House bill includes more VA medical clinics
Veterans Affairs officials would set up 31 major medical clinics across America under the huge Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act legislation unveiled in the Senate Tuesday.
Inside the wild life of a hippie millionaire who tried to give away fortune, land helicopter at the White House
For a few weeks in 1970, Michael Brody became the most beloved millionaire in the world. The 21-year-old margarine heir, from Scarsdale, NY, vowed to give away his fortune —...
Vietnam’s ‘real-life Tarzan’ dies of cancer at 52
A man dubbed a "real-life Tarzan" after surviving 40 years in the Vietnamese jungle has died of liver cancer at 52 as friend blames "processed foods" and alcohol for survivalist's...
An angry Biden blames Trump for Afghan pullout — then takes credit for it
President Joe Biden has done nothing but blamed former Commander in Chief Donald Trump for his failures once again -- only this time it has cost 13 American service members...
McConnell slams Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal as 'one of the worst in history'
"This is one of the worst foreign policy decisions in American history," Sen. Mitch McConnell said on "Fox News Sunday."
Reporter who covered Saigon says Afghanistan fall like Vietnam 'at warp speed'
Jim Laurie, who witnessed the fall of Saigon as a journalist in 1975, believes Afghanistan's collapse is at a much quicker pace than the events in Vietnam.
This Afghan rout is entirely on Joe Biden
It doesn’t get more idiotic: “The Taliban also has to make an assessment about what they want their role to be in the international community,” White House Press Secretary Jen...
Burglar steals vet's Purple Heart, trades it for soda, deputies say
A burglar broke into a North Carolina home and stole a Vietnam vet's Purple Heart medal – which he traded for a two-liter bottle of soda, authorities said.
Families of soldiers who disappeared on 1962 Army flight still want answers
Six decades after their loved ones vanished into thin air, relatives of the victims of Flying Tiger Line Flight 739 — 93 soldiers aboard a secret-mission flight chartered by the...
Vietnam War-themed bar retreats under barrage of social-media backlash
The bar is located in Melbourne's "Little Saigon" neighborhood.
Inside the dangerous mission to rescue infants after the Vietnam War
During the Vietnam War’s shambolic end, a World Airways jet was on a mission to rescue those who sought escape.
Navy vet's wallet returned 53 years after going missing in Antarctica
Former Navy meteorologist Paul Grisham didn't even remember losing his wallet during a 13-month stint serving in Antarctica. But 53 years after the brown leather billfold he carried on "The...
Meet the New Yorker who brought beers to his buddies in the Vietnam War
Meet the determined New Yorker who brought beers to his buddies in the middle of the Vietnam War.
Son marks Memorial Day scattering ashes of Vietnam vet dad in NYC
“I waited for many years to do this," Sean Lennon, an an ironworker from Queens, told The Post.