Fifty years after its official end, the Vietnam War remains one of the most tragic, controversial, and divisive wars in ...

Key Points – The M16 rifle’s introduction during the Vietnam War was deeply controversial despite its “on-paper” advantages over the M14—lighter weight, higher ammunition capacity, and ...

The Vietnam War remains a haunting yet fascinating time in history, ... Praised for its lightweight design, the M16 was the standard-issue U.S. rifle in Vietnam. Early models ...

The M16 entered service in the 1960s and would act as the standard-issue rifle for U.S. troops in the Vietnam War. It is chambered for 5.56x45mm NATO rounds with a magazine that can fit 20 to 30 ...

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — April 30 will mark 50 years since the Fall of Saigon. It was the day South Vietnam’s capital city was captured, bringing an end to the Vietnam War. As we approach … ...

It drove home the consequences of the Vietnam War to readers in the United States, where it won a Pulitzer Prize. But who took the photo, widely known as Napalm Girl?

Set in the Korean War of the early 1950s, “M*A*S*H,” the CBS dramedy about wisecracking U.S. Army doctors, was among the most popular shows in the country during the Vietnam War’s final years.

Fifty years after the end of the war, Hanoi says nearly 200,000 Vietnamese soldiers are still missing. Some of their families are now calling on the U.S. to help find them.

France, which also lost a war in Vietnam, sent a minister to last year's celebrations of the 70th anniversary of the end of the battle of Dien Bien Phu, when French colonial rule collapsed.

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago today. The following story ran in April 2016 before a summit on the war began at the LBJ Presidential Library. On Sept. 3, 1968, Robert Brooks, then 21 and ...

RELATED: Vietnam vets reflect on war as 50th anniversary is marked. By that time, ... hand grenades with holders, an over-the-shoulder gun belt and an M16 A1 with birdcage tip. ...

The M16’s predecessor in U.S. military service, the 7.62x51mm NATO (.308 caliber) M14, had become the standard-issue rifle back in 1959, except for the U.S. Air Force Air Police/Security Police ...