Ohio native Michael Ryan was 18 when he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1963, and he was assigned to G Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. He landed in Da Nang and spent ...

DA NANG, Vietnam (WLS) -- Sunday marks 50 years since United States combat troops arrived in Vietnam when two battalions made up of hundreds of Marines landed in Da Nang on March 8, 1965. They ...

Maj. Derrell Jeffords bounced his roaring Spooky 21 down and off the runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. It was just before 7:30 a.m., on Christmas Eve 1965. The big camouflaged belly of his ...

Geetanjali Krishna embarks on a journey that can teach us all a thing or two about resilience. IMAGE: Tourists don the traditional Vietnamese hat to enjoy the sun and surf on a beach in Da Nang. In ...