In the summer of 1970, US forces reoccupied Firebase Ripcord in the A Shau Valley to support operations against North ...
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (May 17, 2012) -- "When a free nation sends men and women to war, their sacrifice must be honored and rewarded. Regardless of outcome, these people deserve our thanks, respect, ...
The Battle of Firebase Ripcord was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Vietnam War, and the last wide-ranging encounter between the US and the North Vietnamese Army before the war ended. Even though ...