When two understrength Marine companies pushed north along Highway 561 on the morning of July 2, 1967, they walked straight ...

SAIGON -- Combat-ready U.S. Marines swarmed ashore today and took up defense positions around the Da Nang air base only 80 miles from Communist North Vietnam. It was the first Marine landing in a ...

They met on a hill in a far corner of Vietnam. Especially on Veterans Day, David “Randy” Norton of Charlotte and Larry McCartney of Black Mountain remember that time in early 1968 at Khe Sanh, the ...

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — Ever heard the name Dan Bullock? Many haven’t. His story is one of extraordinary bravery, a childhood cut short, and a sacrifice that should never be forgotten. At just 15 years ...

A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a Silver Star Medal to a Medal of Honor for a recon Marine who fought through severe injuries while under attack on a mission in the jungles of ...

TULSA, Okla. — U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam combat veteran and former Tulsa Public Schools Board member Dr. Jerry Griffin is doing all he can to make sure veterans with mobility needs have access to the ...

March, 1966. Quảng Ngãi Province, Republic of Vietnam. Operation UTAH - a joint operation between the U.S. Marines and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) to fight North Vietnamese Army (NVA) ...

The Vietnamese government has temporarily suspended the enforcement of minimum size regulations for several key marine ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Two Greensboro Marines, who served decades apart, are bound by the same unbreakable brotherhood. While they shared their stories with WFMY News 2's Nixon Norman on Veterans Day ...

Actor Kevyn Major Howard, who played the Marine combat photographer Rafterman in the Vietnam War movie “Full Metal Jacket,” died on Feb. 14 at the age of 69, according to media reports. Howard’s ...