I’m here because the shrapnel that would have pierced my dad’s heart struck the 20-round magazine of his M16 instead. It wasn’t his first or last near-death experience as a Marine in Vietnam from 1968 ...

A Vietnam war veteran who appeared in the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick documentary "The Vietnam War" stopped by to show his support for the Combat Air Museum Monday afternoon. John Musgrave was a member ...

1st Lt. Philip Howard Sauer was posthumously awarded the Silver Star on Tuesday, April 24 at Camp Pendleton 51 years to the day he died during the Vietnam War. (Photo courtesy of USMC) CAMP PENDLETON ...

William Pimentel was born in Eureka and joined the Marine Corps — Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines — in Camp Pendleton in Oceanside for boot camp. Pimentel was shipped to Camp Schwab, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. FISHERS,Ind. — During the last weekend in ...

QUINCY, Ill. (WLS) -- The dog tag belonging to an Illinois soldier killed in Vietnam was returned to his family Wednesday thanks to a Canadian tourist. Corporal David Gary Redenius was killed in April ...