LEADERS. NEXT WEEK, A HELICOPTER USED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR WILL BE DEDICATED TO TO ALL VIETNAM VETERANS. WXII 12 KARA PETERS JOINS US IN STUDIO. AND KARA, YOU SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO PLAYED A PART IN ...

Photo courtesy of Bob Ford | Special to News-Press NOW A Vietnam-era Cobra helicopter is shown on display at the Kansas National Guard Museum in Topeka, Kansas. Photo courtesy of Bob Ford | Special to ...

Sep. 17—FAIRMONT — One night in 1970, Lucky Strike went down. Lucky Strike was a Bell UH-1 Huey, assigned to fly perimeter defense and hunt hostile Vietcong activity in the Mekong River Delta region ...

President Joe Biden honored a Vietnam Army Captain with the U.S. military’s highest award for valor on Tuesday. Capt. Larry Taylor received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his “conspicuous ...

In November 1965, U.S. forces were airlifted into the remote Ia Drang Valley, marking America’s first major battle of the ...

Jerry Smith is shown beside a life preserver on a naval ship where he performed maintenance on helicopters in Vietnam in 1967. (Photo provided by Housecalls Hospice) PARKERSBURG — Jerry Smith was born ...

You might hear sounds from the past over the Kansas City metro this week.A Vietnam-era Bell UH-1 helicopter, better known by its nickname, Huey, is offering rides and history lessons to the public in ...

MINERAL WELLS, TX (FOX 44) — Let’s step back in time to Fort Wolters, the launchpad where over 40,000 helicopter pilots learned to fly during the Vietnam War. One of the pilots who trained there, and ...

HANOI, Dec 15 (Reuters) - U.S. defence firms have discussed supplying military gear, including helicopters and drones, to Vietnam in talks with top government officials, two sources with knowledge of ...

OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- A distinct group of Vietnam War veterans from around the country are gathering in Oshkosh for their annual reunion. They chose to meet at EAA this year to reconnect with "each other" ...

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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Vietnam War Army helicopter pilot Dennis DuPuis talked about his inspiration for flying attack helicopters during his two tours in the War. This ...