Three area forts prominent in the French and Indian War were all built 250 years ago, in 1755. The French constructed Fort Carillon (Ticonderoga) on Lake Champlain, strategic because of its ...

Forces landed in Da Nang in 1858 and, by 1887, had established French Indochina, with Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos under occupation. In their nearly century-long rule, a fusion of cultures emerged.

I went to Hill 37, where my dad lived for a year, and saw a Vietnamese guardhouse with a soldier and chickens next to the stump of the French fort. I'll treasure the photo of my dad's unit and me ...

In Vietnam, Recreating French Roots. Share full article. A shabby rental house in Ho Chi Minh City, ... “Fort-de-l’Eau,” or “river fortress,” is spelled out in Spanish tiles on the front ...

Vietnam has started commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu battle in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops ...

2018: Honoring Washington's stop at Fort LeBoeuf 265 years later Washington and his party set out on the return journey on Dec. 16 and could travel as far as Venango by boat, as French Creek was ...

Ninety-year-old French veteran William Schilardi surveys the landscape from the hill where he once fought after a steep climb up a muddy path through heavy rain in Vietnam's Dien Bien Phu.

That spot was a battle at Fire Base French Fort in Vietnam. Don Mills along with Pete Steciow, Chuck Wills, Rick Zellner and John Ruth likely were within feet of one another and were complete ...

Vietnam on Tuesday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the battle of Dien Bien Phu in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops, marking the end of the French occupation of Indoc ...

DIEN BIEN PHU, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has started commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu battle in which the French colonial army was defeated by Vietnamese troops ...