In the trenches of Con Thien, Vietnam, a Marine Corps corporal used to quietly sit and dream about a carousel in a mountain meadow.

It was February 1968, and the Vietnam War was in full swing. A young Marine, Alpha Company Commander Captain Mac Radcliffe, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines which ...

Many veterans who saw action in the Vietnam War have described military operations conducted in the A Shau Valley as hell on Earth. Nevertheless, the young men of the 9th Marine Regiment and the 2nd ...

SAIGON -- Combat-ready U.S. Marines swarmed ashore today and took up defense positions around the Da Nang air base only 80 miles from Communist North Vietnam. It was the first Marine landing in a ...

David Stewart Whitman, a member of the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, was just 19 years old when he was shot and killed in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

Dan Verton also contributed to this story. Brewin, Computerworld’s wireless and mobile reporter, landed in Danang, Vietnam, with the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, on July 4, 1965.

Dr. Camacho served as a sergeant with the 9th Marines in Vietnam (1969-1969) and was wounded in action. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Boston College in 1986 and his MSIS from Northeastern ...

He was assigned to the H&S Company, 1 st Battalion, 9 th Marines, 3d MRVID (Rein) FMF, and began his tour in Vietnam on July 13, 1967. His military specialty was Rifleman.

Corporal David Gary Redenius was killed in April 1968 at the age of 20, while serving in the 3rd Marine Division, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines "Charlie" company. He died in Khe Sanh, southwest of ...

Marines also had a higher ratio of wounded in Vietnam with 51,392 wounded compared to the Army wounded of 96,802.