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Sigholtz Sr. returned from war to serve as a professor and athletic director at Georgetown University, manager of RFK Stadium and founder of the Sigholtz Capital Chapter of the 173rd Airborne ...
(AP) — James McDonough served in the U.S. Army for 27 years, fighting in Vietnam and delivering humanitarian aid to ... I’d rather see that $50 million take care of the men and women who went off to ...
A Winston-Salem native and resident, Jackson was a sergeant in the U.S. Army, serving in the 173rd Airborne Brigade from 1967 to 1968 in Vietnam’s central highlands.
On November 8th, 1965, the 173rd Airborne Brigade on Operation Hump, War Zone D in Vietnam were ambushed by over 1200 V.C. Forty-eight American soldiers lost their lives that day.
Another heroic figure laid to rest at Long Island National Cemetery is Pfc Carlos James Lozada, a native of Puerto Rico and later of New York City, who served with the 173rd Airborne Brigade ...
The Vietnam War produced heroes including Chicagoan Milton Olive, but ultimately ended in a chaotic surrender and exit.
When Jim Matchin visits the home of his former unit, the 173rd Airborne Brigade, he sees memorials to fallen soldiers from World War II and conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Matchin, who served ...
On the first night of the Bowdoinham Ice and Smelt Festival, Vietnam veterans shared stories of what it was like amid the fog of war and how it shaped their lives. Each story showed how the ...
Charles J. Brown was a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War who was decorated with Bronze Star medals, two Purple Heart medals and numerous citations with the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
Milton had served with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in 1965, I served in the 173rd two years later, and was wounded two years after Milton was killed.
Newton was assigned to the 173rd Engineer Company, 173rd Airborne Brigade at Bien Hoa in South Vietnam. He was attached to infantry companies as a demolition specialist.
A C-17 transported the killer whale star of the Free Willy movie. That’s pretty cool, but doesn’t even scratch the surface of what makes this giant plane so badass.