The missions for the gun trucks in Vietnam were the same, day or night, around the clock. Ace of Spades and her sister gun trucks were armed escorts to convoys traveling the rugged jungle roads ...

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. (WAVY) — A Vietnam War veteran is set to receive a Bronze Star this week for his acts of bravery during the Vietnam War in 1971, when the gun truck he was driving ...

Smithsonian Channel program 'Gun Trucks of Vietnam,' describes the story behind the development of gun trucks by young soldiers and the lessons from a 1971 ambush of a 20-plus truck convoy that ...

The program tells the history of the U.S. Army gun truckers, innovative young men who were assigned trucks that were woefully under-equipped for protecting vital convoys.

Army Specialist Ron Mallory in February 1971 with his gun truck “Brutus,” which he drove as part of the Army’s 359th Transportation Company in Vietnam.

The Vietnam War-era modified M54 5-ton 6x6 truck "Eve of Destruction" at the Fort Eustis Transportation Museum will be featured in a Smithsonian Channel documentary premiering on Veteran's Day ...

Smithsonian Channel is set to honor American veterans this November with two premieres offering unique perspectives and new insights on crucial aspects of the Vietnam War. One-hour special GUN ...

The Vietnam Gun Trucks were a convoy protection stopgap that proved more effective than a purpose-built armored car.

WILLIAMSPORT — It's odd to think of tractor-trailers in the jungles of South Vietnam, but convoys of 40 to 50 trucks of various types carried supplies for soldiers — where the roads were ...