Johnrob/istockphotoThe Vietnam War remains a haunting yet fascinating time in history, and nearly half a century later, ...

HANOI: Vietnam is set to triple the number of annual visits by foreign military vessels to its ports, from one to three, ...

The fall of the South Vietnam capital of Saigon on April 30, 1975 — soon to be 50 years ago — effectively spelled the end of ...

Other needs were met inside South Vietnam. Main force Vietcong units ... highly effective rocket propelled grenades and recoilless rifles. Mortars were also available in large numbers and had ...

As noted by the Navy SEALs webpage: “Navy SEALs started using modified M14s as sniper rifles as early as Vietnam. They have used them in Afghanistan and Iraq, primarily as designated marksman ...

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office plans to buy 100 new assault rifles and return the last of its older military surplus guns this year. The agency started replacing the Vietnam War-era M16 ...

In 1954, the French were finally defeated by the Viet Minh at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. The French had tried to block a communist supply line and set up a defensive system at an army base in ...

Some volunteered to go to Vietnam. But many of the soldiers who went were drafted into the service, ineligible for a student deferment because they had never been to college. Twenty-year-old Mike ...