Marked by turmoil, tragedy and triumph, 1968 was a roller coaster ... Prague and Mexico City. The Vietnam War raged on with no end in sight, and in the United States a struggling President ...

"These images help to humanize the soldier and remind us of just how young they were, as well as the sheer gravity of the war," Rennick said.

Larry Wuebker spent his 20th birthday on a 23-hour flight across the Pacific Ocean from California to South Vietnam. When he ...

In January 1968 ... North Vietnam bombarded the US Marine garrison at Khe Sanh in South Vietnam. The siege lasted 77 days and was one of the longest and most gruesome battles in the war.

USS New Jersey (BB-62), nicknamed “Big J,” was the only U.S. battleship to provide gunfire support during the Vietnam War, ...

A series of images by Eddie Adams leading up to the killing of Nguyen Van Lem Photojournalist Eddie Adams captured one of the most famous images of the Vietnam War - the very instant of an ...

By the end of 1969, over 70 percent of South Vietnam ... of 1968. The American public knew none of this, however. Almost from the moment the first shots were being fired, skeptics of the war ...

The timing of the Vietnam War perfectly coincided with advancements in air infantry, paving the way for several notable ...

Discover the harrowing details of the My Lai Massacre and the tumultuous end of the Vietnam War. From the tragic events in ...

Warfare in Vietnam. He began in the U.S. Navy from 1953 to 1965 as a petty officer 2nd class. He enlisted in the Army in 1968 and attended ... Before the Vietnam War, there was no Sniper training ...

In 1968, with mounting criticism of the Vietnam War at home and abroad ... He was succeeded in January 1969 by Richard Nixon as President of the USA. In 1971 the US table tennis team visited ...

Vietnam had been a French colony close colonyA country, state or territory ruled over by another country, state or territory. before it was occupied by the Japanese during World War Two.