This Stars and Stripes image from 1968 shows supplies arriving via parachute to Khe Sanh Base in South Vietnam.

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — Jim Gatz of Fairhope earned his pilot’s license in his hometown of Milwaukee, shortly after graduating from Marquette University. Then he said he asked his father, “What do I ...

After three months of explosive ordnance and heavy equipment training by the U.S. Army, 18-year-old Roger Thompson arrived for duty in Vietnam in March of 1968. During his service, he witnessed ...

HANOI/WASHINGTON, July 25 (Reuters) - The United States and Vietnam are discussing the sale of Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules military transport planes to Hanoi, two people familiar with the ...

Soldiers move through a village north of Chu Lai. The action took place about 2000 meters from Landing Zone Ross, north of ...

No matter the variant, the AC-130 is jam-packed with the sort of weaponry one would expect to find on a “gunship.” The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is somewhat pedestrian as far as military aircraft goes—a ...

HANOI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Vietnam are discussing the sale of Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules military transport planes to Hanoi, two people familiar with the discussions said, ...