Major General John A.B. Dillard, Jr. The last time an Army general was killed in combat overseas, Richard Nixon was in the White House and the Vietnam War was still ­raging. It was May 12, 1970, when ...

Gary Kremer served in Vietnam in 1970. When he came back to the States at Christmastime, the Army told him to make sure he took off his uniform to avoid trouble from the anti-war protesters back home.

In 1970, five years after the troop buildup in the Vietnam War began, American servicemen were still being drafted and shipped to war at the rate of about 12 planeloads a week. At the time, the entire ...

The depiction of the Vietnam War in popular culture just isn’t for Terry Coons. He lived it, as a member of the Army’s 23 rd Infantry Division in 1969 and 1970. This memory from those 13 months has ...

Michael Louis Kuk’s memoir unveils the untold heroism of Army firefighters in Vietnam—a gripping tribute to courage, resilience, and legacy. Every fire we faced was a battle of its own—unpredictable ...

Saigon, South Vietnam, January 1970: Don’t try this at home, especially in front of a police officer. In 1970 Saigon, however, the sight of a father transporting four unhelmeted children on a ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The National Fire Heritage Center (NFHC) has announced that the recipient of the 2023 Benjamin Franklin Writers Bronze Award is retired Fort Johnson Fire Chief Dr. Michael ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X As my stay in Vietnam got longer, I guess I became more relaxed. One time we had been in the field ...