Jimmy Jackson Jr. is among 28 service members unaccounted for who served in Vietnam and whose bodies were never recovered. In 1969, Lance Cpl. James W. “Jimmy” Jackson Jr. walked into a medical ...
Standing on the U.S. Embassy roof as tanks rumbled toward Saigon and gunfire rang out below, Juan Valdez wondered if he and his fellow Marines might have actually been forgotten. Working through the ...
This article first appeared in the Stars and Stripes Global edition, March 5, 2018. It is republished unedited in its original form. Marine vet recalls battle that claimed his best friend DONG HA, ...
On March 8, 1965, at 9 a.m., United States marines landed on a beach ten miles north of the city of Da Nang, South Vietnam. Americans had been providing direct military support in South Vietnam since ...
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United States Marine Corp Special Operations Takes The Fight To the North Vietnamese Army
In the early days of Marine involvement in Vietnam, it quickly became apparent that doctrines drawn from fighting the ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Dodge City native Jesse Ramos answered the call to service in 1968 by joining the Marines. “I really did like the Marine Corps uniforms, but I think maybe once I got to ‘Nam, I ...
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How Operation Dewey Canyon became the Marines’ last major battle in Vietnam
In early 1969, the 9th Marines and 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines pushed into the A Shau Valley to disrupt North Vietnamese ...
"We were supposed to only live 10 seconds." A Marine Corps radio operator shares his amazing story of survival in Vietnam, overcoming discrimination, and finally being honored. After endearing one of ...
Marines at Camp Lejeune now issue, turn in and repair gear under one roof at the new 109,000-square-foot Class II Logistics ...
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