Tag: Vietnam

Retired Lt. Colonel Jack Kelley was a pilot in Vietnam serving in the Air Force. He flew and flew 160 combat missions. 100 over north Vietnam, and 60 over Southeast Asia. He was shot down twice and …

Father Michael Quealy, the first military chaplain killed in action in Vietnam, was honored on the day of his death in the Reading of the Names ceremony.

“I knew if I were still alive on March 5, 1968, I could get on the plane in Da Nang we used to call the ‘Freedom Bird.’ I could fly away and forget the whole thing. It turned out not to be quite so …

November 10, 2022 marks 55 years since Colonel Kelly Francis Cook went missing in action while serving the Air Force in Vietnam. A native of Keene, Kentucky, Colonel Cook was born in 1922, graduating …

For decades, Eddie Nelson tried to ignore the PTSD he suffered as a result of his service in Vietnam. Now, years after confronting his own trauma, the Omaha man helps …

Maj. Gen. Dr. Sharon Bannister talks about why she volunteers at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Air Force veteran Chris Warren, who served a tour in Vietnam in 1970-71 in munitions transportation, is the youngest of four Warren brothers to serve in the military. “We all just went into the …

McGinnis not only used it, including some incredible photos, but he’s turned it into a tool to gain perspective on life whenever needed.

Geoffrey G. Harp didn’t grow up in the type of community that saw many kids volunteer for the military during the Vietnam War.