COPPERAS COVE – Retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Jim Von Ruedgisch grew up doing chores every day after school and on weekends at his family’s 40-acre farm in southeast Missouri. As high school ...

Toward the end of his time in Vietnam, Ron Vlach’s helicopter was shot down. The aircraft landed, upside down, in the jungle overgrowth. Everyone got out of the helicopter, except for Vlach who was ...

DALEVILLE — When Sgt. Thomas Edwards received an Army commendation medal for heroism for lifesaving actions as a door gunner with the 134th Assault Helicopter Company in Vietnam, it was mailed to him.

An Army helicopter door gunner killed in a 1971 chopper crash during the Vietnam War will be laid to rest in California next month after the Pentagon identified his remains recovered off Vietnam’s ...

Dennis Louth was in combat near Pleiku, South Vietnam, for 48 consecutive days in 1967, but one day stands out. That was the day the gunner had to fly a Huey helicopter back to its base under fire ...

During the Vietnam War, existence could come down to a single factor. If the Huey helicopters come, you live. If they don’t, you die. In countless nightmarish situations the sound of one’s salvation ...

After time apart due to the coronavirus pandemic, a group of Marin Vietnam veterans reunited in Novato this week to share stories and recount their wartime experiences. Tony Lazzarini, founder of the ...