In December 53 years ago, a young army captain was new in Vietnam. The helmet that then Army Captain Steve Smith wore as a helicopter pilot is well worn.

Evans, a Vietnam War veteran, said her time in the Army inspired her to find and tell more stories of women who served. “No one really talked about the women who served in the military,” she said.

Hugo linked the helmet to Private First Class Jeffrey Rupp of the 101st Airbourne Division in the US Army. A 1969 telegram explained that Jeffrey was injured by shrapnel from a booby trap near the ...

Although Mark Conrad began collecting German war relics as a child in Cape Girardeau, Mo., it wasn’t until the year 2001 that his collection began to take on a life of its own.

MANITOWOC, Wisconsin (WGBA) — The helmet worn by a Wisconsin man when he was killed during the Vietnam War is now back home. When Jeffrey Rupp died in 1969, his helmet never made its way back ...