Eugene H. Colver, who was awarded the Bronze Star Medal twice for his service during two tours of duty in Vietnam and the Legion of Merit upon retirement, died March 7 at 77. Colver, who grew up in ...

I said I would be up for a second tour if I could come over into (their) area and be a door gunner. He said OK and said their guy was due to rotate out in a few months.” Anderson worked at an interim ...

“Some time after Vietnam … I think for some of us we had a psychic, maybe spiritual change where we saw a bigger picture. Where it wasn’t about me, it was about ‘us.’ I don’t want to sound corny, like ...

The door gunner in a UH-1B Huey gunship fires on Vietcong positions during a search-and-destroy mission in the Mekong Delta, January 23, 1968.Bettmann/Getty Images US commandos fought a covert war in ...

DALEVILLE — When Sgt. Thomas Edwards received an Army commendation medal for heroism for lifesaving actions as a door gunner with the 134th Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam, it was mailed to him.

On New Year’s Eve 1968, just before the dawn of 1969, Master Sgt. William H. Cox and his buddy First Sgt. James T. Hollingsworth were holed up in a bunker in the Marble Mountains of Vietnam. Rockets ...

SAN DIEGO — A new generation of veterans is joining Honor Flight San Diego's flight to Washington D.C. On Friday, the non-profit announced it is dedicating its fall flight exclusively to the U.S. Navy ...

COPPERAS COVE – Retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Jim Von Ruedgisch grew up doing chores every day after school and on weekends at his family’s 40-acre farm in southeast Missouri. As high school ...