Decades after service in the Vietnam War, one veteran from Monroe County is receiving long-overdue honors.

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — It was March 12, 1971, in northern Vietnam’s Quin Tri, when the gun truck, “Proud American,” was struck by two B40 shoulder-fired rockets, destroying the vehicle, killing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bill Ward enlisted in the Air Force a few months after he and some friends drove up to the Woodstock festival in August 1969 to ...

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — A North Kingstown veteran was recognized for his heroic actions Wednesday — more than 50 years after he served in the Vietnam War. Rep. Seth Magaziner presented ...

A Vietnam War veteran of the U.S. Navy from Sturgeon Bay might be awarded the medal denied him and other veterans on a technicality if a bipartisan bill introduced by Wisconsin legislators is passed ...

The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Plains Twp. is currently displaying the military medals of a late Vietnam veteran from Wilkes-Barre, including his Purple Heart. U.S. Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-8, ...

LEBANON COUNTY, Pa. — In observance of Purple Heart Day, Pennsylvania Treasurer Stacy Garrity returned a Purple Heart Medal to the son of a late Vietnam War Veteran. Joined by Senator Chris Gebhard (R ...

An Aliquippa veteran can now proudly display the medals he earned during his military service in Vietnam. John M. Denk served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, earning several commendations and ...

A Vietnam veteran who withdrew from the old Roslindale High School in Boston to serve in the war has finally received his diploma, 58 years later. William Driscoll is now 76 years old and lives in ...

President Joe Biden on Friday posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to five minority soldiers from the Korean War who may have been denied the nation's highest decoration for valor by a 1950s Army ...