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Paul Bucha with a single Company FIghts Off An Entire NVA Battalion and Earn the Medal of Honor

  It was the height of the Vietnam War. When the 3rd Battalion of the 187th Infantry decided to add a fourth company to their…

Youngest Vietnam War US Marine Was 14 Years Old, He Was Killed In Action Age 15

The story of an underage US Marine who fought in the Vietnam War has been uncovered. Dan Bullock joined the US Marines so that he…

82nd Airborne War Hero Still Overlooked For Highest Military Honor

One of The United States Army’s most decorated officers of WWII is still yet to be awarded the highest military recognition for his war-time heroism.…

With the Enemy Approaching, He Sat Beside His Wounded Comrade, Pulled the Pin on Two Grenades, and Waited

Refusing to leave his mortally wounded comrade as the enemy approached, Australian Warrant Officer Kevin Wheatley pulled the pin on two grenades and waited for…

How Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl Tricked His Captors by Playing a Fool and Memorized the Names Of 256 POWs Of His Camp

Learn how very convincing Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl was at acting his “stupidly stupid” character while at the hands of his Vietnamese captors leading…

Operation Babylift: Effort to Save the Children of South Vietnam That Started So Tragically

The Vietnam War was one of the most brutal modern conflicts since WWII. The world was appalled by the bloodshed and the very many atrocities…

7 Flying Aces – Warriors of the Skies

A flying ace is a fighter pilot who shoots down five or more enemy aircraft. Today this number has decreased, since dogfights are rare because…

First He Shielded a Wounded Marine From a Grenade With His Body; Then He Gave His Life To Save Him

There are stories often left out of popular history, not because they don’t warrant attention but because someone in battle gave so much so soon…

Vietnam War dead set to be identified using latest DNA-testing technology

More than 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War, the country is going to all lengths to recover and identify the war dead…

Vietnam MIAs Accounted for and Returned to their Hometowns

It’s been 40 years since the end of the Vietnam War, but there are still over 1,500 men who served there whose bodies remain unaccounted…

How a South Vietnamese Pilot Stole A Chinook, Rescued His family Out Of Saigon And Crashed It Next To A US Aircraft Carrier

In April 1975, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese Army, taking everyone by surprise. Panic ensued as Americans and South Vietnamese fled. For those who…

How Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl Tricked His Captors by Playing a Fool and Memorized the Names Of 256 POWs Of His Camp

Learn how very convincing Vietnam War POW Doug Hegdahl was at acting his “stupidly stupid” character while at the hands of his Vietnamese captors leading…