When readers and armchair historians think of underwater combat, they probably think of Navy SEALs first, but Force Recon Marines, especially in the Vietnam War, saw a lot of diving duties. Like most ...

On June 11, 1967, U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. David Boyer wrote a letter to his father, Elwood. “I’m writing this letter now in case I get blown away,” he wrote. His father had been worried about his son.

CAMP PENDLETON – Conrad Moreno was never a chatty guy. In the 1960s his chill attitude made him cool. But for nearly 50 years after serving as a Force Recon Marine in Vietnam, that chill turned to ...

A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a Silver Star Medal to a Medal of Honor for a recon Marine who fought through severe injuries while under attack on a mission in the jungles of ...

Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion stand by the sign marking the entrance of their Vietnam headquarters. (Courtesy of Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis.) On a hill near Da Nang, Vietnam, sat Camp ...