It was the first round of the second barrage of Fire Support Base Ripcord by the North Vietnamese Army around 6:15 the morning of July 1, 1970, in the A Shau Valley of South Vietnam. The explosion ...

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Veterans have continued to keep in touch through a yearly reunion which took place in Myrtle Beach this weekend nearly 50 years after the Battle of Ripcord, the last major ...

In April of 1970 the 101st Airborne Division, the famed Screaming Eagles, began to build a mountain top fortress or firebase know as Ripcord. Surrounded by rugged jungle it relied on a helicopter ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (May 17, 2012) -- "When a free nation sends men and women to war, their sacrifice must be honored and rewarded. Regardless of outcome, these people deserve our thanks, respect, ...

The Battle of Firebase Ripcord was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Vietnam War, and the last wide-ranging encounter between the US and the North Vietnamese Army before the war ended. Even though ...

I worked on over thirty episodes of "War Stories," but this one holds a special place in my heart and mind. For me the Siege of Firebase Ripcord distills the complex history of America's war in ...

ipcord has a special meaning for John R. Fox. For him, it recalls the piloting of a brigadier general aboard a UH-1 Huey helicopter onto a hill in South Vietnam, all the while trying to avoid incoming ...