Con Thien Valley, Vietnam, May 16, 1967: Alpha Company of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, supported by tanks, moves out on a platoon-sized sweep. Attacked by North Vietnamese Army troops ...

Sunday marks 50 years since the first brigade-strength U.S. Marine unit arrived in Vietnam. On March 8, 1965, around 5,000 Marines from the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade landed to defend the ...

Among those fighting at Khe Sanh was the 1st Battalion 9th Marines ... Of the nearly 3,000 Marines who served with the 1/9 in Vietnam, over 25% would be Killed in Action. One young squad leader ...

At just 15 years old, Dan Bullock became the youngest American serviceman killed in the Vietnam War—his true age was a secret even to the Marines until after his death. Bullock altered his birth ...

He later transferred to the Marine Corps, rising from sergeant ... and completing 204 combat sorties in Vietnam. An apex of his service was commanding the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade during ...