Editor's Note: This is part one of a two-part column series on the impact of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. on soldiers serving in Vietnam as recalled by Andrew Penns of Abilene. By many accounts ...

The flag-draped casket containing the remains of Mark Dennis is carried by Patriot Guard members as his sisters Eileen Brady, 80, of Largo, Fal., back right, and Anne Moline, 74, of Arvada, Colo., ...

Philip Caputo wrote the 1977 acclaimed and unflinching memoir ‘A Rumor of War,’ about leading a Marine platoon during the Vietnam War. It taught him a painful truth. “I had discovered that I had a ...

For more than half a century, his bad-conduct discharge made it hard for Vietnam veteran Raymond Dick to find work doing anything but manual labor and prevented him from getting VA health care. More ...

This video breaks down the complete U.S. Army rank structure during the Vietnam War, from enlisted soldiers to NCOs, warrant officers, and top commanders. It explains how insignia wasn’t just ...

Vietnam veteran Andrew Penns of Abilene recalls learning of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination while serving overseas in 1968. The news caused despair and anger among the soldiers. Penns later ...