A Vietnam veteran has shared the beautiful moment he was finally able to meet his Amerasian daughter for the first time, more ...
We have been following Marland Burckhardt, a Russell High School graduate who served in the Army in Italy before returning to college, marrying his sweetheart, and graduating with an Army commission.
John Smith recounts facing enemy booby traps and systemic racism during his 17-month tour, offering a candid perspective on the conflict.
National Archives records show the Defence Act was amended in May 1965 to provide that conscripts could have to serve ...
Lorie Whitley remembers the day the three men in uniform, one a chaplain, came to their front door. It was August 1970. She was about 13 years old, one of 14 children, seven boys and seven girls. They ...
In the spring of 1970, the Portland State University campus had been a hive of anti-Vietnam War activity for months. But things got hot on May 11 when Portland Mayor Terry Schrunk ordered police to ...
Robert Case, a 1971 University alum, photographer and activist, gave a presentation Friday recounting his experience documenting widespread protests on campus against the U.S. expansion of the Vietnam ...
Vietnam veteran Johnny Wilkes knows what war is like. Wilkes served in the Vietnam War as a Chinook helicopter pilot and was shot down eight times from 1968 to 1969. “I remember they made us change ...
It was May 1970, deep in the jungles of Vietnam, and 19-year-old infantryman John Smith stepped to the edge of a hill to admire the view. Then came the snap of a wire. “They must’ve thought, ‘This is ...