It is unclear how many times then-Army Maj. Charles Kettles had flown into the machine-gun-raked landing zone near Duc Pho, Vietnam, before a helicopter from his platoon of UH-1 Hueys took a ...

Operation L-Z or Landing Zone will take place in Forest City on August 26th through the 30th. One organizer Jack Caputo says he hopes this will give Vietnam veterans the welcome home they likely ...

Landing Zone Mack, South Vietnam, Oct. 9, 1966: A Marine hit on the head and back by grenade shrapnel receives medical attention from a Navy corpsman, about 50 yards from the top of Hill 484, ...

It is unclear how many times then-Army Maj. Charles Kettles had flown into the machine-gun-raked landing zone near Duc Pho, Vietnam, before a helicopter from his platoon of UH-1 Hueys took a ...

On Nov. 17, 1965, Lt. Don Cornett, along with 154 troopers from 2/7 Cav, were killed in the Ia Drang Valley at a small clearing known as Landing Zone Albany. He died less than 100 yards from where ...

Vietnam War Dustoff crews earned their reputation through blood and sweat, ... The ground commander called Kelly on the radio to tell him the landing zone was too hot and that he should turn around.

During his time as a combat engineer in Vietnam, Carl Steenburn worked on building roads and landing zones for helicopters. After graduating from Mayville High School in 1968, Steenburn joined the U.S ...

Near Landing Zone Ross, South Vietnam, Jan. 14, 1968: A Huey helicopter lands to pick up wounded from a combined infantry and cavalry mission that was halted when the North Vietnamese opened up ...

During the Vietnam War, US commandos developed an insertion and extraction method that is still used today. Now, with conflict in Southeast or East Asia a growing prospect, its an increasingly ...