At the start of 1967, some 280,000 Viet Cong opposed 385,000 Americans, and in the previous year more than ten times as many Viet Cong had died. Almost always outgunned and without effective air or ...

Sergeant First Class Lawrence Joel, a combat medic with the 173rd Airborne Brigade, earned the Medal of Honor for aiding wounded soldiers during a 24‑hour battle near Bien Hoa in 1965.

HANOI — “No, I am not a child. I am grown up and already strong in the face of hardships, but at this minute why do I want so much a mother’s hand to care for me? ... Please come to me and hold my ...

Akihiko Okamura is a courageous, persistent Japanese photographer who set out last April to see what the war in Viet Nam is like from the Communist side. Armed with six cameras, 182 rolls of film and ...

Lumbering low over Stone Age villages and thick jungles, troop-carrying helicopters swarmed across the wild central highlands of Viet Nam last week. On the ground, 10,000 South Vietnamese infantrymen ...

During the Cold War (1947-1991), the U.S. and Russia avoid nuclear annihilation by waging "proxy wars," supporting opposing sides in regional conflicts. Vietnam is a classic proxy war, with the Viet ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Beretta Model 12 first saw action in the Vietnam War when it was used by members of the Viet Cong who were carrying the weapon. It has seen use in combat in the ...

Five Navy divers investigated damage to Card. One said he found the remains of a U.S.-made demolitions pack — evidence that the Viet Cong might have used stolen American military munitions. It was ...

A video showcasing some of the booby traps used by the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War has surfaced on social media, and viewers have reacted to it with a mix of shock and horror. In the clip, which ...

Robert Haldane, an Army officer who led the battalion that discovered the infamous Cu Chi tunnels during the Vietnam War, died of cancer March 5 at his home in Alexandria, Va. He was 83. Lt. Gen.

Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. In commemoration, Military Times is highlighting stories about the Vietnam War. The ...

Tunnel rats’ mission was to search the underground network for intelligence — anything that provided information about the ...