At the start of 1967, some 280,000 Viet Cong opposed 385,000 Americans, and in the previous year more than ten times as many Viet Cong had died. Almost always outgunned and without effective air ...

More than 100 Viet Cong arrived one night, lit a bonfire and assembled the people. “A Communist spoke for 30 or 40 minutes,” reported a tribesman. “He spoke Jarai, just like us. He told us ...

Pete Celentano of Jackson and Michael Vaccaro of Middletown braved danger and earned medals in Vietnam, but lost paperwork ...

These US and Vietnamese soldiers were killed while fighting the Viet Cong near Saigon. In January 1968, the People's Army of North Vietnam bombarded the US Marine garrison at Khe Sanh in South ...

Vietnam is a classic proxy war, with the Viet Cong substituting for the Soviet bloc, and the U.S. providing aid and air support (bombing) to a puppet regime. Vietnam's internal conflict begins in ...

Military history professor Bill Allison rates more Vietnam War movies, such as "Forrest Gump," for realism. Allison breaks down additional battlefield tactics used by the Viet Cong, or VC ...

Michael Vaccaro trained villages to defend themselves against the Viet Cong, while his fellow soldiers ... focusing on the Jersey Shore’s interesting people, inspiring stories and pressing ...