Story by 1st Lt. Heather Born | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.09.2026
From January 9–11, 2026, U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducted a battlefield visit to the site of Operation Swift, a pivotal engagement of the Vietnam War, to honor the legacy of those who fought there and to reflect on the enduring bonds between past and present generations of service members....
Story by Maristela Romero | Air Force Medical Service | 09.29.2025
The Department of Air Force transferred more than 178,000 biological samples from Vietnam and Korean War veterans to the Department of Veterans Affairs in August, concluding an 18-year effort to safeguard them for future studies....
Story by Erin Thompson | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 09.26.2025
Between Oct. 2-3, 1967, the 525th Military Intelligence Group lost two intelligence soldiers in separate incidents in Vietnam: counterintelligence agent Sgt. Samuel C. Phillips III and area intelligence technician Warrant Officer William W. McCarrick....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class James Hong | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 | 09.25.2025
GULFPORT, Miss. — Seabees, both past and present, shared stories, memories and advice over dinner at the Mobile Construction Battalion (MCB) 11 veterans’ reunion in Pensacola, Florida, Sept. 17, 2025....
Story by Andrew Nystrom | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District | 09.18.2025
More than half a century after their service in the jungles of Vietnam, 14 veterans of Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, were formally presented Bronze Star Medals during a ceremony Sept. 18, 2025, at American Legion Post 1 in Omaha....
Story by Senior Airman Clare Werner | 92nd Air Refueling Wing | 09.03.2025
The city of Spokane felt a heavy presence of honor and remembrance as The Wall That Heals visited Aug. 28-31, 2025. The Wall That Heals is a three-quarter scale of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; it spans 375 feet in length and travels across the United States as a testament to the country’s memorial to the 58,281 men and women who lost their lives during the Vietnam War....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 07.25.2025
On Aug. 2, 1966, Capt. James F. Kenyon, the 32-year-old S-2 of 2d “Warrior” Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, was surprised when a Viet Cong 75mm recoilless rifle round slammed into the floor next to him in the brigade Tactical Operations Center....
Story by Lori Stewart | U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence | 07.11.2025
On Jul. 15, 1943, Masanori “Mike” Miyagishima enlisted in the U.S. Army. He went on to serve twenty-eight years in uniform, retiring as a lieutenant colonel, and then completed an additional eleven years as an Army civilian before retiring a final time in 1982....
