Although minor in size, the battle at Firebase Maureen was nonetheless major in ferocity — enough to produce two Medal of Honor recipients.

Army Pfc. Kenneth J. David drew enemy fire to save the wounded. Capt. Hugh R. Nelson Jr. was killed while using his body to ...

Paul Eugene Poirier, who died in Vietnam at 24 ... In subsequent years, the U.S. military would send two service members, usually members of a local reserve unit, to inform families of the ...

Kennedy's patronage of the Special Forces was critical to its survival as an Army program and ... people of South Vietnam’s Central Highlands. These guerilla units fell under Mobile Strike ...