Christy Sauro went to his first Twins game a few weeks after graduating from North St. Paul High School in June 1967. He didn’t even make it to the seventh-inning stretch. Sauro was one of 150 young ...
WASHINGTON (WCSC) - Nearly 800 people were arrested in the first national demonstration against the Vietnam War nearly 60 years ago. The rally began on Oct. 21, 1967, at the Lincoln Memorial with ...
In the fall of 1967, a land mine in Vietnam killed a Fort Mill teen, husband and expectant father on his first patrol as a Marine. A month later, another mine killed a Rock Hill soldier with 10 ...
This week in history, on October 21, 1967, University of Connecticut students travelled to Washington, D.C., to participate in the March on the Pentagon, where more than 100,000 people rallied to ...
The Vietnam War cast a long shadow across one of the most fertile periods of American filmmaking, and has led filmmakers for the half-century since to reckon with its complicated legacy. These 10 ...
When two understrength Marine companies pushed north along Highway 561 on the morning of July 2, 1967, they walked straight into hell. Alpha and Bravo Companies of 1st Battalion, 9th Marines—numbering ...
Anniversaries are usually times to celebrate—a birth, a marriage, a victory, an extraordinary achievement. But last month’s fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War was not for most ...
This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. It’s easy to forget history, especially after you’re a ...
Replica of Vietnam Veterans War Memorial is coming to Independence in September. Independence Marine Corps veteran Billy Whisenant has friends on The Wall That Heals. This is part of a weekly series ...
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