DA NANG, Vietnam (WLS) -- Sunday marks 50 years since United States combat troops arrived in Vietnam when two battalions made up of hundreds of Marines landed in Da Nang on March 8, 1965. They ...
BRIDGEPORT — It wasn’t just the rockets screaming death or the enemy lying in wait that worried Marines. In the barracks there were the rats whose bites on your ankles would waken you from a deep ...
Bishop Joseph Chau Ngoc Tri of Da Nang said Mass in honor of Servant of God Father Vincent Capodanno’s 55th anniversary of priestly ordination. Ted Bronson and Bishop Joseph Tri stand in front of a ...
Early morning sun silhouettes squad of U.S. Marines head toward a waiting helicopter at landing zone Ryder, some 25 miles South of Da Nang in South Vietnam on Sept. 6, 1969. (AP Photo) QUINCY, Ill. — ...
On June 7, 1969, Private First Class Dan Bullock, a rifleman in the U.S. Marine Corps, was mortally wounded by a burst of enemy small arms fire. He died shortly thereafter. He was only 15-years-old.