Former U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Stirm, a POW during the Vietnam War known for the iconic "Burst of Joy" photo reuniting ...

Retired Army Col. Bill Reeder recounts his terrifying near-year as a Prisoner of War in Vietnam, during which he survived ...

War is often erroneously understood as a purely masculine arena. But women have always played indispensable roles in battle, even if they’ve been historically relegated to the sidelines—and the ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Paul Galanti, a former prisoner of war from the Vietnam War, sat down with 8News Chief Meteorologist Matt DiNardo at the Virginia War Memorial to share memories of the 2,432 ...

The inspiration for this story came to me from a YouTube video that was originally posted three years ago by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs—but reshared on MSN two months ago via the ...

Elaine James was among the very few women who served in Vietnam, not as a nurse, but in military intelligence.

QUINCY – Mayor Thomas Koch was 12 when he first met Navy Capt. Richard Stratton, a Vietnam War hero and former prisoner of war, one of the longest-held captives in that war. The year was 1975; ...

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are pushing for swift passage of legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal — the nation’s highest civilian honor — to a Navy veteran who was the first aviator shot down ...

Between 1967 and 1968, Nancy Wells spent her waking hours stitching injured Americans back together amid the haze of the Vietnam War, treating wounds she'd never imagined seeing. When not on the ...

Editor's Note: This article is part of KSAT’s special, "50 Years After The Fall: From Saigon to San Antonio," highlighting how the war in Vietnam affected veterans in the Alamo City and South Texas.

Riley Moser is a digital producer who covers breaking news and feature stories for CBS Minnesota. Riley started her career at CBS Minnesota in June 2022 and earned an honorable mention for sports ...

Efforts to award Congress' highest honor to a Navy pilot who was the second-longest held prisoner of war in U.S. military history are working their way through the legislative process. Lawmakers are ...