Editor's note: This article is the third in a four-part series highlighting the life and Vietnam War experiences of the late Roger Buchta. The Tet Offensive had been a nightmarish period for those ...

Editor's note: This article is the second in a four-part series highlighting the life and Vietnam War experiences of the late Roger Buchta. Several weeks after graduating from Lincoln University in ...

CLEVELAND -- My best Christmas memory is 1967. My last day in the boonies as an infantry "grunt" after 111/2 months was Christmas Eve. Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry ( aka "Dogface ...

William Yost has trouble with his hip, but he knelt to sign his name on a map of Vietnam. The 68-year-old Marshall man is a U.S. Army veteran who served during 1967 and 1968 in Lai Khe, Vietnam. With ...

Lai Khe, South Vietnam, Mar. 31, 1968: 1st Aviation Battalion helicopters pick up men of 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry at Lai Khe. The men are conducting combat sweeps trying to locate 122 mm rocket ...

Dates of Service: June 21, 1967, to Jan. 23, 1969, Deployments/Bases: Vietnam from Nov. 14, 1967 to Jan. 23, 1969, 1st Division, 1st MP Co., Dian-Lai Khe-Quan Loy. Total time that you served? 19 ...