Before Max Morrison headed to a Vietnam Marine Corps base in 1968, he bought some life insurance. The recent high school graduate didn't expect to make it back home to Traer. It's a message he'd ...

Previous coverage on local military news above. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – A Vietnam Purple Heart war hero, who died in action, ...

From Okinawa, Mueller headed to Dong Ha Combat Base near the so-called demilitarized zone—the dividing line between North and South Vietnam, established after the collapse of the French colonial ...

Seabees of the 11th Naval Mobile Construction Battalion lay aluminum matting on a runway damaged by enemy mortar fire at Dong Ha, Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, 1967. (National Archives) On ...

Nicknamed “Thunder and Steel,” the 12th participated in the Vietnam War through November 1969, operating at Da Nang, Phu Bai, Chu Lai, Hue and Dong Ha. Bartelt served two combat tours in ...