Some tragedies happen in combat. Others happen within sight of the runway.
Aboard USS Hansford after Iwo Jima, servicemen honor a fallen comrade in a solemn burial at sea amid the Pacific War.
During the Battle of Hue in 1968, Marine snipers provided precision and protection amid one of Vietnam’s fiercest urban battles.
Contrary to one enduring version of the story, Indianapolis was not deliberately prevented from sending a distress call because her atomic-bomb mission was secret. That mission was already complete.
Few images represent the Vietnam War as powerfully as the silhouette of a UH-1 Huey moving low over the jungle with its side doors open and an M60 machine gun pointed toward the ground below.
Swift Boat gunners faced danger on Vietnam’s rivers, protecting crews through relentless patrols, ambushes, and combat in the Mekong Delta.
The American Red Cross Donut Dollies brought friendship, laughter, and comfort to Vietnam troops through personal connections far from home.
