In 1965, the United States was widely regarded as the most powerful and prosperous nation on earth. The country was in the forefront of expanding the boundaries of democracy and free institutions ...

Last month, I did a series of posts commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of U.S. combat troops in Vietnam on March 8, 1965. Today marks another significant date in the Vietnam War: ...

A 1973 file photo of Eugene Genovese, a former Rutgers professor who made national headlines in 1965 when he spoke at a Vietnam War "teach in" on campus. (Charles Del Vecchio | The Washington Post via ...

Local photographer John Bulmer works to archive the photographs of the first American journalist killed in action covering the Vietnam War Restored image of two orphaned children in Vietnam from ...

CLARK AB, P.I. — The big "Connie" spat puffs of white smoke as her four engines roared into life. Soon the plane was racing over the concrete runway and she became airborne, climbing into the dawn sky ...

Vietnam War veterans from the Las Vegas Valley offered their thoughts on the 40th anniversary of the war’s end, April 30, 1975. Here’s what they said: — Air Force veteran Don Harten, of Las Vegas, a B ...

A selection of the photojournalism of Tim Page, who covered the Vietnam war extensively. He was wounded several times while capturing his powerful images and was the inspiration for Dennis Hopper’s ...

How could America lose the Vietnam War? Even now, 50 years after the last American helicopters left Saigon, the answer is elusive. Despite pouring immense resources into Vietnam — including nearly 3 ...

Rothman is managing editor at TIME. US Marines landing in Da Nang in 1965 Rothman is managing editor at TIME. It’s easy to forget now, 40 years after the Fall of Saigon and freshly removed from the ...

American soldiers arriving in South Vietnam, 1965. Ken Burns' epic PBS documentary "Country Music" devotes a whole lot of time to the Vietnam War era and how the growing divisions in the United States ...