ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - “I don’t want the interview today to be about me. I was a combat engineer, but I was not in the ...

The fall of the South Vietnam capital of Saigon on April 30, 1975 — soon to be 50 years ago — effectively spelled the end of ...

the People's Army of North Vietnam bombarded the US Marine garrison at Khe Sanh in South Vietnam. The siege lasted 77 days and was one of the longest and most gruesome battles in the war.

In August 1964, North Vietnamese patrol boats attacked US vessels in ... President Johnson now had effective permission to pursue full war in Vietnam. 8 March 1965, 3500 US marines landed at ...