When two understrength Marine companies pushed north along Highway 561 on the morning of July 2, 1967, they walked straight ...

The gunnery sergeant said, “There is no place, and no time, I would rather be than here and now.” By the living standards I had come to expect in Vietnam this was pretty good, but it was not as good ...

SAN DIEGO — Two Vietnam veterans were awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star medals for their courage in a battle on a jungle hillside where more than 75 percent of the troops with them that day were ...

Retired Maj. Edward F. Wright receives a Silver Star medal at Portland, Ore., Feb. 1, 2019. Wright was awarded the medal for his actions on Aug. 21, 1967, when he led a reaction force against North ...

As a Marine in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968, 19-year-old Bob Barnas grew up “real fast.” He saw friends die near him, but the tragedies he witnessed while serving his country during that conflict didn’t ...

Milestone moments do not a year make. Often, it’s the smaller news stories that add up, gradually, to big history. With that in mind, in 2017 TIME History will revisit the entire year of 1967, week by ...

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