In the 1950s, in the coldest days of the Cold War, the United States Navy put out calls to its defense-industrial base to design a light attack aircraft that could operate from smaller, post-World War ...

Lt. Col. Donald Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during a night mission when his plane disappeared in a ...

Cmdr. Clyde Lassen piloted a dangerous rescue mission in 1968 to save two Naval aviators shot down in the jungle ...

Dr. Frank Butler was honored at the White House this month for his contributions to combat casualty care including broader ...

South Dakotan Douglas Brent Hegdahl, who’d never seen the ocean before joining the Navy in the midst of the ... better known as the Hanoi Hilton – where US prisoners including future ...

The rare movie supporting the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War at the time was generally regarded as 2 hours, 22 minutes of mind-numbing drivel, with legendary film critic Roger Ebert ...

A plaque will be dedicated Sunday at Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial to honor the heroism of Vietnam veteran retired ...

U.S. military aircraft were spotted landing at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday ahead of a funeral for a “true ...

Fitzgerald researched Stratton's life for the city when a street was named in honor of him. He said that Stratton was born and raised in North Quincy, where he grew up on Bowdoin Street, attended ...

Stratton, who died Jan. 18 at the age of 93, was a Quincy native and one of the longest-serving POWs of the Vietnam war.