For Tino Adame, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Vietnam Purple Heart recipient, Monday was full of surprises and celebrations ...

Like other Vietnam veterans, Smith returned from war to a ... in the citations and supporting paperwork, but also as a symbol of penitence from a magnificent and imperfect nation.

In 1979, Congress grants a Vietnam War veterans' committee the right to build a memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C., dedicated to American soldiers killed in the conflict in Vietnam.

One of the most moving war memorials, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial – or "the Wall," as it's commonly referred to – is a long black granite wall with the names of more than 58,000 Americans ...