The depiction of the Vietnam War in popular culture just isn’t for Terry Coons. He lived it, as a member of the Army’s 23 rd Infantry Division in 1969 and 1970. This memory from those 13 months has ...

Lewis Alston’s military career was over by age 19. His time as a reconnaissance scout in the U.S. Marine Corps ended after he was wounded, but he faced what turned out to be a 15-year struggle to ...

In The Advisor, Paul Tyler, a young officer on a military intelligence mission, is assigned to an experimental District Advisory team in the Mekong Delta. As the Vietnam War enters the Vietnamization ...

From his pilot perch in the busy cockpit of a workhorse CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter, Marine 1st Lt. Harold G. “Hal” Walker witnessed the horrors and heroics of the Vietnam War. “I was an observer, ...

Canal Winchester Village Council member - and U.S. Army veteran - Bobbie Mershon will mark Veterans Day by serving as guest speaker for Groveport's celebration at 4 p.m. Nov. 11. Mershon served as a ...

Colmery-O'Neil VA Medical Center hosted a recognition event Tuesday to honor women veterans of the Vietnam Era. Key note speaker Louise "Lou" Eisenbrandt, RN, shared memories and photos from her time ...

COUNTRY CLUB HILLS, Ill. (WLS) -- Social media is connecting a Chicago-area family to its roots. A video recently tweeted shows Sylvester Bracey talking about racism while he was a soldier during the ...

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Fifty-three years after his U.S. Army service in Vietnam, Jared Kelley this week received the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service. Kelley, a Bradenton resident, is one of 56 Vietnam-era military ...