Ernie Cheatham's military career far outpaced his NFL career. He did make it into Canton, Ohio's Pro Football Hall of Fame, but he's there as the highest-ranking military member to have played ...

Until 1945, the Vietnamese city of Hue was the capital of the country and a shining jewel in its history. The old imperial capital stood largely untouched after 150 years, even as the United States ...

Looking back a half-century, to when they were young officers, their memories of the Battle of Hue are still fresh. "What I saw was probably the most intense ground fighting on a sustained basis over ...

Retired Sgt. Maj. John Canley's actions during the battle of Hue City, Vietnam, in 1968 have him one step away from receiving the nation’s highest award for combat valor, the Medal of Honor. (Courtesy ...

A mainstream media that reshapes reality to fit a preordained political agenda isn’t something that started only recently. A half century ago America’s major news organization deliberately buried the ...

Then-captain Myron Harringto uses a radio during the assault on Dong Ba tower, in back, in Hue City, Vietnam, Feb. 13, 1968. Harrington was awared the Silver Star for leading the Marines of Delta ...

That sound sends chills down the spine of Navy medics. It means a Marine has been wounded – or worse. Corpsmen spring into action with little regard for their own safety to help fallen comrades, often ...

Reporting from WASHINGTON — America’s long and divisive war in Vietnam was based on misunderstanding, conducted behind lies, and ended in a humiliating defeat that haunts us still. To understand why, ...

The chronology is a little disjointed now, 25 years after the fact, but the memories remain. Like the gloom, for example, and the flares that made the nights as eerie as the days. And the smell of ...