Why did you enter the military? I am a third-generation soldier. My father was drafted to Vietnam as an infantry platoon ...

After being wounded in Vietnam, Oscar Vicks settled in San Antonio, where he's spent decades leading and advocating for a ...

During his time in South Vietnam, Steve Haakenson jumped out of helicopters and inched through tunnels in pursuit of an ...

We have been following Marland Burckhardt, a Russell High School graduate who married his Russell sweetheart in college and began an Army career focused on Military Intelligence and Special Forces ...

Fifty-five miles north of Saigon, at a critical road junction in Phuoc Long Province, 11 American Green Berets were settling ...

Service: Air Force Years: 5 Current Company: RX3 Growth Partners Role: Partner Industry: Consumer Growth Equity Investors Why ...

Smith served with the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, known as the Blackhorse Regiment. Their mission was to find enemy forces, often deep in hostile territory, and destroy them. Days were spent in the ...

We’re going in.” At dawn on July 23, 1970, operations began to evacuate Fire Support Base Ripcord, in the A Shau Valley of ...

He served in the Vietnam War and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He rescued more than 100 during the Blizzard of 1993. And, he ...

The WeSalute Heroes Meet Heroes event is made possible thanks to the proud support of Presenting Sponsor Avis Budget Group. The event offers attendees inspiration and the chance to win a share of over ...

In 1865, two dozen Union soldiers, all formerly enslaved, were ambushed and killed along a road in Kentucky. Archaeologists ...

Blytheville’s Tom Wiktorek reflects on his years as a Vietnam War helicopter pilot, his Army career, and a life of service to ...