How a Navy sailor fell off his ship, played dumb — and became a Vietnam POW hero. South Dakota native Doug Hegdahl was serving with the Navy during the Vietnam War when he fell into the waters ...

Fire on Deck of USS Forrestal Aircraft Carrier. On the morning of July 29, 1967, the USS Forrestal (CVA-59) was preparing for a series of airstrikes against North Vietnamese targets.

A plaque will be dedicated Sunday at Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial to honor the heroism of Vietnam veteran retired Navy Cmdr. Clyde E. Lassen, who was awarded the Medal of Honor. The ...

The warship has a hybrid crew, with 49 civilian mariners who handle navigation engineering, seamanship, and deck operations, and up to 145 military personnel for forward operations, communications ...

The military fatalities that ensued are the last 41 names on the D.C. memorial - 25 Air Force pilots and crew members, two Navy corpsmen and 14 Marines lost during the ground and air attack.

The Blue Ridge — the Navy’s oldest operational warship and the 7th Fleet’s flagship — left for patrol on June 4 and over the next 77 days traveled nearly 10,000 nautical miles, with stops ...

The US Navy commissioned a new warship earlier this month, a massive floating sea base named after Vietnam war hero Sgt. Maj. John L. Canley.

How a Navy sailor fell off his ship, played dumb — and became a Vietnam POW hero - South Dakota native Doug Hegdahl was ...

South Dakota native Doug Hegdahl was serving with the Navy during the Vietnam War when he fell into the waters of the ... “And this 20-year-old kid who was in the deck crew does this amazingly ...

South Dakota native Doug Hegdahl was serving with the Navy during the Vietnam War when he fell into the waters of the ... “And this 20-year-old kid who was in the deck crew does this amazingly ...