Robert Hendricks, a U.S. Army veteran, shares his harrowing story of surviving the Tet Offensive and the effects of napalm ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. SEOUL — As the U.S. and South Korea ...

This Stars and Stripes image from 1968 shows a soldier from 1st Brigade, 101st Air Cavalry Division as he takes part in ...

U.S. Army Pfc. Steven D. Smith, 20, of Bellville, gave his life during service to his country on April 15, 1968, during the Vietnam War. The 1967 Clear Fork High School graduate was honored Thursday ...

2020 has been a rough year. 1968 was worse. Granted, as of late April, we are only a third of the way into this tumultuous and frustrating new decade. Unless the United States goes to war, loses ...

LANSDOWNE — When Howard “Bud” Cook returned in 1968 from his years of service in the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam, the Delaware County resident’s baggage was full of treasures. While most of his ...

In April 1968, Columbia University students opposed to the Vietnam War took over Hamilton Hall, protesting the school’s ties to the United States military and its fraught relationship with the ...

AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, “War, Peace and the Presidency.” We’re “Breaking with Convention,” broadcasting from the studios of CAN TV here in Chicago. I’m Amy Goodman, with ...

SAN DIEGO — This week we present a News 8 Throwback within a throwback. In 1998, News 8 presented a five-part series on what life had been like 30 years before in 1968. Now a couple of decades past ...

Watson Baldwin, in the middle of the clearing, gazed skyward and spread opens his arms to guide the helicopter in to receive help from above. By Daniel Johnson Published Feb 23, 2022 9:00 AM EST I was ...

In March 1965, the United States became involved in the Vietnam War to prevent communism from spreading to that recently divided country’s southern half. That same year, a nationwide protest movement ...

SEOUL — As the U.S. and South Korea celebrate the 70th anniversary of their alliance this year, they will consider how their partnership, frequently characterized as "ironclad," is preparing for the ...