Each Wednesday during the month of May, WXII is highlighting the men and women of our military who signed the dotted line to protect our rights and freedoms. U.S. Army Vietnam veteran David Shore ...

Warrant Officer Stephen Peth was making his final turn at treetop level when he looked through the green Plexiglas above his head. In the landing zone below, South Vietnamese soldiers were standing ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — WKRG and parent company Nexstar will air a special report marking the end of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and the Fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. The special will air on ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. — One by one, men in their 70s and 80s climbed up and entered the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter at Hunter Army Airfield, eliciting smiles and memories of their time piloting the ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. — March 29, 1973: The last U.S. ground troops depart the Republic of Vietnam. Today, March 29 has become a day of recognition, remembrance, healing, and education; and marks the ...

American airpower was supposed to be untouchable in Vietnam. Instead, U.S. pilots found themselves struggling against smaller, more agile MiGs and losing more often than anyone expected. The decline ...

Marsha Four was an Army nurse working in an intensive care unit not far from the front lines of Vietnam. Four said everyone she worked with and all her patients were young people who were thrust into ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — It was March 12, 1971, in northern Vietnam’s Quin Tri, when the gun truck, “Proud American,” was struck by two B40 shoulder-fired rockets, destroying the vehicle, killing the ...

With more than 5 million military reservists, Vietnam is home to the world’s largest reserve force Vietnam’s force is larger than the combined reserves of South Korea, Taiwan, and Russia Vietnam’s ...

The country’s falling birthrate increases the urgency of creating a streamlined military deterrent – and maintaining good relations with regional powers. Vietnamese soldiers march in a parade marking ...