Truth be told, troops in Vietnam didn't "get away" with writing on their issued helmets, and neither do the troops who do it today. Some things never change. As one might imagine, ...

Read CNN’s Vietnam War Fast Facts and learn more about the conflict between communist-led North Vietnam and US-supported South Vietnam.

Wednesday marks the 50th anniversary of combat troops departing South Vietnam, the beginning of the end of the United States' direct military involvement in the unpopular war.. Two months prior ...

In Vietnam, multiple deployments prompted different perspectives on the war. ... 1965, Gillem was watching President Lyndon B. Johnson announce a dramatic buildup of troops in Vietnam.

This is part of a series highlighting local veterans that runs every Monday through Veterans Day. To suggest a ...

In 1968 during the Vietnam War, photographer Art Greenspon took one of the conflict's most famous images, now titled 101st Airborne Division Soldiers in famous Vietnam photo interviewed for first time ...

Long Binh Jail was a prison for American soldiers on the outskirts of Saigon with notoriously harsh conditions. In 1968, a group of black inmates were fed up with their treatment and the war.

Some of the 300 troops of the 9th Infantry Division scheduled for departure from South Vietnam line up to board aircraft bound for Hawaii, August 27, 1969.

In Vietnam, the peace deal quickly fell apart. Even before the last American troops departed on March 29, the communists violated the cease-fire, and by early 1974 full-scale war had resumed.

Long Binh Jail was a prison for American soldiers on the outskirts of Saigon with notoriously harsh conditions. In 1968, a group of black inmates were fed up with their treatment and the war.