On Oct. 26, 1967, McCain's Douglas Skyhawk fighter jet was shot down over North Vietnam, crash-landing ... by being pushed out of American transport helicopters. Certainly, such reports have ...

But he dropped a course, fell below the minimum threshold for a deferment, and was drafted in 1967. Troyer was like other soldiers in that he didn't question the draft or the Vietnam conflict.

“We made the combat jump on February 22nd, 1967. That was Operation Junction City,” Newton said. Operation Junction City was the first U.S. combat airborne operation of the Vietnam Wa ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In April 1975, as the North Vietnamese closed in on Saigon, Americans and their allies rushed to evacuate the city. Amid the chaos, the images of U.S. soldiers tossing ...

Though initially set aside, the air mobility strategy eventually emerged as the predominant method of waging war in Vietnam. Images of helicopters ... MiG kills between 1967 and 1970.

MADISON, Wis. — Federal officials have identified the remains of a U.S. Air Force pilot from Wisconsin who went missing during the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting ...

Announcer: The passage of the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964 gave the President the authority to do what he thinks is necessary to maintain peace and security in Vietnam. In 1967, some ...