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

Learn more about unique adventures in in Henry County, GA, only 20 mile south of Atlanta, off I-75 that are fun for all ages ...

President Joe Biden honored the sacrifices of those seven soldiers from the Korean and Vietnam Wars in a White House ceremony ...

Nelson, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, then 28 years old, was serving as the pilot and aircraft commander of a UH-1 Iroquois ("Huey") helicopter, although the initial citation for his award of ...

The year was 1966, and for several years the Soldiers in Vietnam had been using the same howitzer that their fathers had used in World War ... Huey and the door gun positions on other helicopters ...

A Russian Mi-28 military helicopter crashed in Voronezh Oblast on Jan. 1 ... Today, the country is on everyone’s lips and everyone’s headlines. War pushed us on the front page. But there are many ...

Russian Defense Ministry reports a successful operation by Mi-28NM helicopter crews in the Kursk border region, disrupting the rotation of Ukrainian forces. The airstrike destroyed enemy armored ...

When President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1977, he wasted little time fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises: pardoning those who evaded the Vietnam War draft. Carter ...

After he was wounded, David stayed in the fight, drawing enemy fire away ... as aircraft commander of an armed Huey helicopter during the Vietnam War in June 1966 when his helicopter was shot ...

It’s a symbol of gallantry in times of war and combat, and only a select few ever receive it. In January 2025, seven soldiers became its latest recipients: five for serving in Korea and two for their ...

Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr., who served in the Vietnam War, was the commander of a Huey helicopter conducting a search-and-destroy reconnaissance mission in June 1966 when it was struck by a large ...

WASHINGTON (WCBD) – A Citadel graduate who was killed in action while saving his crew members during the Vietnam War posthumously received the ... Nelson was commanding an armed Huey helicopter for a ...