FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — From Sept. 22 to 26, Military Police Soldiers gathered at the home of the regiment and the U.S. Army Military Police School, to celebrate 84 years of the U.S. Army Military ...
As a young man, Lon Holmberg was a staunch critic of the Vietnam War, even protesting America’s involvement in the conflict. But when Holmberg was called to duty via the military draft, despite his ...
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — The U.S. Army Military Police School is preparing to celebrate 84 years of the U.S. Army Military Police Corps from Sept. 22 to 26 during regimental week at Fort Leonard Wood.
Warrant Officer Stephen Peth was making his final turn at treetop level when he looked through the green Plexiglas above his head. In the landing zone below, South Vietnamese soldiers were standing ...
David Thornton stands next to a display case showing his sergeant stripes, 25th Infantry Division insignia, ribbons, medals and other memorabilia from his Army service in Vietnam. POLAND TOWNSHIP — ...
HIS TIME IN THE SERVICE. I WAS ACTUALLY 25 WHEN I WENT TO VIETNAM. THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE I HAVE PRIOR TO GOING TO VIETNAM. IN JANUARY OF 1967. I SEE A YOUNG MAN THAT’S PROBABLY SCARED TO DEATH.
On a Sunday morning 55 years ago in Chu Lai, Vietnam, retired Army Col. Elizabeth G. Gorman Jr. had just sent the nurses under her command off to church when a frantic call came over the radio. A ...
The parade began at Hanoi’s Ba Dinh Square, where communist leader Ho Chi Minh declared the country’s independence from France in 1945. Vietnamese troops take part in a military parade on the occasion ...