This costly conflict spanned generations—and its brutal legacy endures. But why did the bloodshed go on for so long?

Over 265,000 American women served in the military during the Vietnam War, including 11,000 in Vietnam. Women’s History Month officially takes place in March, but that doesn’t mean that one must ...

Over 265,000 American women served in the military during the Vietnam War, including 11,000 in Vietnam—90% as volunteer nurses handling critical trauma cases. Their responsibilities included treating ...

Between 1967 and 1968, Nancy Wells spent her waking hours stitching injured Americans back together amid the haze of the Vietnam War, treating wounds she'd never imagined seeing. When not on the ...

Vietnam War Army veteran Harry Metzler pays respects to men he served with in the 1st Infantry Division at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, November 11, 2024. Fifty years ago, communist ...

Efforts to award Congress' highest honor to a Navy pilot who was the second-longest held prisoner of war in U.S. military history are working their way through the legislative process. Lawmakers are ...

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are pushing for swift passage of legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal — the nation’s highest civilian honor — to a Navy veteran who was the first aviator shot down ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Members of the Tori Chapter 421 of the Vietnam Veterans of America will host their Annual POW-MIA Ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park on Sunday, Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. — ...

When the number of former prisoners of war receiving benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs nearly doubled without explanation, an American survivor of the “Hanoi Hilton” wanted answers.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Paul Galanti, a former prisoner of war from the Vietnam War, sat down with 8News Chief Meteorologist Matt DiNardo at the Virginia War Memorial to share memories of the 2,432 ...

QUINCY – Mayor Thomas Koch was 12 when he first met Navy Capt. Richard Stratton, a Vietnam War hero and former prisoner of war, one of the longest-held captives in that war. The year was 1975; ...