On the night of Feb. 24, 1969, Airman 1st Class Levitow was serving as the loadmaster aboard an AC-47, codename “Spooky 71,” ...

The family of Jesse W. Hankey will receive friends on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m., and on ...

If there is one thing militaries worldwide have learned, unnecessary expenses can lead to lost lives. As a result, there ...

For Tino Adame, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Vietnam Purple Heart recipient ... "I walked into an ambush in 1966 so I spent a year, nine months, (and) 14 days at the Marine Corps," Adame ...

27, 1947 in French Camp. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps at just 19 years old. While in Vietnam, he was wounded during an ambush when his unit came under heavy fire. That prompted him to be ...

1st Marine Division and served as a rifleman with the unit. On July 24, 1966, Pittman was on a trail in Vietnam when men ahead of his unit came under fire. Instead of fleeing from the attack ...

Two streets in French Camp have been named after notable local veterans: Richard A. Pittman Drive and Tino Adame Road are ...

This feature, by the way, would ensure that the MiG-21s were the bane of most U.S. warplane pilots’ existence throughout the Vietnam War ... against U.S. Army and Marine units.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam — Treading a familiar path for women in rural Vietnam, Nguyen Thi Hiep found a factory job in dynamic Ho Chi Minh City and spent 16 years helping make shoes for Western ...

The capital of Mali witnessed a powerful display of force as a massive military convoy, featuring armored vehicles, artillery, and engineering vehicles, symbolized the growing presence of the Africa ...