When two understrength Marine companies pushed north along Highway 561 on the morning of July 2, 1967, they walked straight into hell. Alpha and Bravo Companies of 1st Battalion, 9th Marines—numbering ...

March, 1966. Quảng Ngãi Province, Republic of Vietnam. Operation UTAH - a joint operation between the U.S. Marines and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) to fight North Vietnamese Army (NVA) ...

D. Joslin, of Downey, Calif., enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1964. He spent a year in Vietnam, from August 1965 to September 1966, in a combat zone. In 1967, he honorably discharged to ...

Maj. James Capers Jr. dedicated his life to serving his country. Now, his service is being honored. The 88-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran was recognized at the seventh annual Fox Nation Patriot ...

Today Heart of Oregon Corps kicks off a major fourth-quarter sprint to raise the final $1.67 million needed to build Central Oregon’s first Youth Workforce Development Campus in Redmond. The ...

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Christy Sauro went to his first Twins game a few weeks after graduating from North St. Paul High School in June 1967. He didn’t even make it to the seventh-inning stretch. Sauro was one of 150 young ...

HANOI, June 4 (Reuters) - Vietnam's exports in May rose 14% from a year earlier, the government said on Wednesday. The country registered a trade surplus of $4.67 billion for the month, the government ...

March 8, 1965: The U.S. Marines storm Da Nang, marking the first major ground troop deployment of the Vietnam War. This was the beginning of America’s longest war. NATO ally scraps purchase of US ...

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers have renewed an effort to award the Medal of Honor to Maj. James Capers Jr., a reconnaissance Marine who in 1967 led his nine-member team to safety despite being grievously ...

Retired Marine Corps Maj. James Capers, Jr. received the Silver Star Medal in 2010 for actions in the Vietnam War. (Courtesy of Jim Capers) A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a ...

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