Larry Grant Jones, a USMC Vietnam War veteran and Silver Star recipient, died March 2 at his home in Tuolumne County. He was 78. Jones earned the Silver Star in July 1968 by saving more than 20 of his ...

When two understrength Marine companies pushed north along Highway 561 on the morning of July 2, 1967, they walked straight ...

PIEDMONT, S.C. — On New Year’s Eve 1968, just before the dawn of 1969, two Marines were holed up in a bunker in the Marble Mountains of Vietnam. Rockets and mortars were raining down all around Master ...

Forest Hope hasn’t had a nightmare about his 18 months in Vietnam for the past 35 years, but he said that doesn’t mean he’s done processing what he experienced there. He served in the Marine Corps and ...

Dien Ban, Vietnam, Nov. 25, 1968: Pfc. Daniel H. Webb, left, and Pfc. Robert M. Lacus, writing a letter, relax a moment while on blocking position. In the background stands the ancient Cham tower, the ...

As a Marine in Vietnam in 1967 and 1968, 19-year-old Bob Barnas grew up “real fast.” He saw friends die near him, but the tragedies he witnessed while serving his country during that conflict didn’t ...

South of Da Nang, South Vietnam, Nov. 25, 1968: A marine of G Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division gunner sits atop his mud-crusted track vehicle. The marines are part of ...