came to symbolize the futility and brutality of the Vietnam War in the eyes of the American public. Leathernecks of H Company, 2nd Battalion, Fifth Marines combed the streets and alleys of battle ...

South Vietnam, February 1968: A wounded Marine lies bleeding in a vacant villa as a fellow Marine, also wounded, tries to tend to his wounds. Several Marines from D Company, 1st Battalion, 5th ...

By July 1967, Cheatham was a lieutenant colonel and was on his way to Vietnam where he would be commander of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines. His was one of three Marine battalions protecting Phu ...

Somewhere near Dien Ban, South Vietnam ... 5th Marine Regiment, relieved of their wet and muddy boots, enjoy a post-lunch cigarette while on blocking position near Dien Ban. The Marines were ...

At just 15 years old, Dan Bullock became the youngest American serviceman killed in the Vietnam War—his true age was a secret even to the Marines until after his death. Bullock altered his birth ...

Inducted into the Marine Corps at a 1967 Twins game with 149 others, North Branch author Christy Sauro spent years collecting ...

6, 1967, three weeks shy of his 20th birthday. Herron, a member of Company I, Third Platoon, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division, was in Vietnam for five weeks before he was killed.

The Thursday event marked the 74th annual reunion of the Fifth Marine Division ... Theodore Rizo, a former U.S. Marines staff sergeant who served in Vietnam after enlisting with his best friend ...

Herron died of a chest wound suffered in combat at Quang Tri, Vietnam. He was a member of Company I, Third Platoon, Fifth Marines, First Marine Division,” the Times Leader reported Sept.