In the fall of 1967, a land mine in Vietnam killed a Fort Mill teen, husband and expectant father on his first patrol as a Marine. A month later, another mine killed a Rock Hill soldier with 10 ...

Dien Ban, South Vietnam, Nov. 25, 1968: An unidentified Marine crouches down on one knee as G Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division makes a stop during a sweep through ...

They met on a hill in a far corner of Vietnam. Especially on Veterans Day, David “Randy” Norton of Charlotte and Larry McCartney of Black Mountain remember that time in early 1968 at Khe Sanh, the ...

South of Da Nang, South Vietnam, Nov. 25, 1968: An unidentified Marine looks around as he and other members of G Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment inspect a village. The company swept ...

Editor's Note: This article is part of KSAT’s special, "50 Years After The Fall: From Saigon to San Antonio," highlighting how the war in Vietnam affected veterans in the Alamo City and South Texas.