Memorial Day's history begins after the Civil War. It became a federal holiday in 1971 and is marked with cemetery visits, ...

PIONEER WOOLEN MILL OPERATOR IN COUNTY ———— Established Wollen Mill First In Renville County. ———— With the death of Bernhard Marschner which occurred at the Union Hospital Monday afternoon at 3 ...

The conflict profoundly affected the American troops who served there, as well as the nation’s culture and politics. But 50 ...

The Vietnam War was ending ... a Marine veteran who was there. “So many people had died in Vietnam, and it was all gone.” He was a 21-year-old sergeant in the embassy guard unit.

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

For the families of slain pro-Communist Greeks, the find in the Park of National Resistance is reviving a wartime legacy kept ...

CLINTON, Iowa — A Clinton native who parachuted into Normandy during World War II has died at the age of 100. D-Day veteran Henry Langrehr ... Just 19 years old at the time, Langrehr jumped ...

Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. The takeover of the city by communist North Vietnam marked the ...

Most importantly, the war was not only between Vietnamese and Americans, but rather between two independent Vietnams locked ...

Tucked inside the Altgeld Gardens public housing project on Chicago’s far South Side, there’s a yellow brick wall filled with ...

The 10-term congressman became a rare Democrat elected mayor of San Diego in 2012. He left office months later under a cloud ...

The 25-year-old said he had never felt ... Group is featuring profiles on local veterans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Carvalho, now 81 and a retired auto ...