The early attempt at drones in World War II saw the Army Air Forces convert B-17 bombers into remote-controlled flying bombs.

He was 32. James Jr., like most of us our age, hadn’t thought about Vietnam at all. “I knew my Dad was in war, but it never crossed my mind that something could happen to him.

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has identified the remains of three airmen killed in action in Laos in 1968 when their ...

OPINION The real legacy of ‘Napalm Girl’ The iconic Vietnam War photograph is unforgettable, but its impact was almost nonexistent. By Jeff Jacoby Globe Columnist,Updated May 28, 2025, 3:00 a.m.

But after a review by the Department of Defense, the start date was changed to Nov. 1, 1955. The first two U.S. service members killed in combat were Maj. Dale R. Buis and Master Sgt. Chester M ...

One of the most striking images taken during the Vietnam War may have been attributed to the wrong photographer. Back in 1973, World Press Photo selected the Associated Press’ Nick Ut’s “The ...

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, May 6 (UPI) -- While the Vietnam War has been revisited countless times by American authors and filmmakers, a new Netflix documentary series looks to shake the dust of ...

In an era dominated by jet power, the Douglas A-1 Skyraider proved that prop planes still packed a punch. Against all odds, these rugged aircraft brought down a MiG fighter in one of the most jaw ...

Orphans aboard the first "Operation Babylift" flight at the end of the Vietnam War look through the windows of a World Airways DC-8 jet as it flies them to the United States in April 1975.

The war dragged on for more than a decade and claimed 58,220 U.S. troops, and between 200,000 and 250,000 South Vietnamese troops. An estimated 1.1 million North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops ...

April 30 marks 50 years since the Vietnam War ended in 1975, though the conflict changed the U.S. in fundamental ways and left veterans like Burrows to often face the brunt of the public scrutiny.

HO CHI MINH CITY/HANOI - As a young U.S. intelligence analyst in Saigon during the Vietnam War, Chuck Searcy never thought that 50 years later he would be living in Communist Vietnam and helping ...