This Is What It Felt Like to Be the 'FNG' in Vietnam Intense humidity, leeches, and snakes were just a few of the dangers our Vietnam Veterans faced while in the jungle.
Pardoning Vietnam War Draft Dodgers Was a No-Win Situation for Jimmy Carter On Jan. 21, 1977, the day after his inauguration, Carter issued Executive Order 11967, granting a pardon to all Vietnam War...
13 Vietnam-Era Holiday Stories to Remember, as Told by Veterans Christmas in the military is certainly different than celebrating the holidays as a civilian, and Christmas during war is an...
Highest Award Congress Can Bestow Going to Revered Vietnam POW Everett Alvarez A Vietnam prisoner of war who spent years in captivity in the prison camp they dubbed the Hanoi Hilton and whose story was...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
