To bolster its beleaguered Army of the Republic of Vietnam ally, the U.S. military sent airpower assets in force. As I’ve ...

Narrated by Ethan Hawke, the docuseries combines vivid footage of battles with interviews with people who fought on both ...

Two major new studies from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health reveal that veterans of the Vietnam War continue to ... decades after their combat experience.

On May 8, 1971, a freelance photojournalist was flying over central Vietnam when he looked down and saw something unexpected: ...

Yes, there were Soviet troops in North Vietnam, and in significantly larger numbers than their Korean War predecessors. Although the Cold War never turned into a “hot war,” i.e., full-blown World War ...

This year marks a handful of important anniversaries in the history of the Vietnam War ... major combat engagement at the Battle of Ia Drang and the U.S. Army first used the Air Assault tactic ...

I was nine years old in 1964 when the Gulf of Tonkin incident spurred the United States to expand combat operations in Vietnam. Little did I know that the war would persist throughout my high ...

Tom Cruise doesn't have anything to do with it, but the Navy flight school featured in the "Top Gun" movies really exists.

The Vietnam War was ... ways they were able to combat and get the upper hand on the American and South Vietnamese military. The first full-scale battle of the war was The Battle of Ia Drang ...

Rear Adm. Kenneth W. “Pete” Pettigrew’s Vietnam success made him the only Top Gun instructor to put his training to practical use against an enemy plane.