Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. When President Lyndon Johnson sent the first U.S.

For many Americans, especially those born after the Vietnam War ended in 1975, images of that cataclysmic and controversial conflict were forged by Hollywood: "Apocalypse Now." "The Deer Hunter." ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Vietnam on Wednesday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the end of the war with the United States and the formation of its modern nation with a military parade and a focus ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- The Lewis Army Museum opened its doors to the Joint Base Lewis McChord community for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic with its annual main ...

Vietnam Veterans represented nearly 10% of their generation. They fought under challenging conditions, and when their service ended, were not always welcome when they returned home. President Obama ...

Perhaps historical amnesia is not such a bad thing, despite George Santayana’s warning in 1905’s “The Life of Reason” that those who “cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” One reason ...

He was a helicopter pilot they called “Combat Kelly,” and in the early years of the Vietnam War, Maj. Charles Kelly set the example for the daredevil flyers who would come to be called Army “Dustoff” ...

I set out to write this piece marking 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War with hope ‒ hope for healing and progress. But as I reflected, I saw that we are still a long way from true healing and ...

Forrester will finally be buried on Oct. 7 in Arlington National Cemetery. The remains of a Vietnam War pilot who went missing while flying over the jungles of northern Vietnam in 1972 have finally ...