A Kansas veteran who flew Army helicopters in Vietnam transported troops and trained pilots during his year overseas.

(WHTM) — As we continue our series, “Veterans Voices,” we meet a Midstate man credited with preventing a catastrophe in Vietnam. Rick Olson of Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County, had a ...

Vietnam War veteran Maurice Moreau recounts harrowing experiences, including surviving attacks and losing a friend. Moreau highlights the difficulty of identifying the enemy, as Viet Cong often ...

Joining the Air Force meant stepping into a world with no safety net. Training was demanding, expectations were high, and ...

Vietnam War veteran James Urbanek, who served during the height of the war, said he made it back alive because he took charge of his life. “I didn’t follow orders too well,” he recalled. “If I knew ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – One Kansas veteran was an Air Force asset on the ground in Vietnam, and later served the country in the Army National Guard and Air National Guard. “We didn’t have a whole lot ...

GEORGETOWN, Texas — Georgetown resident Steve Valdez still remembers Thanksgiving Day 1967. Valdez was a mortarman on Hill 875 in Dak To, Vietnam during the height of the U.S. war against North ...

Vietnam veterans fought a second war at home to get recognition and treatment. That fight created the modern VA mental health system.