Bill Curwick grew up in Marshall, graduated from Marshall High School in 1968, and attended some college before enlisting in the Army and training as a combat engineer. He deployed to Vietnam in ...

Bill Curwick graduated from Marshall High School in 1968 before enlisting in the Army and training as a combat engineer. He deployed to Vietnam in November 1970, serving with the 26th Engineer ...

When the helicopter carrying Kelly Crosswhite landed in Chu Lai in 1968 ... 1st of the 46th Infantry Brigade and the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division. Within a year of returning ...

He shipped out for Vietnam, arriving Nov. 8, 1968, assigned to Company C of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, serving at Chu Lai. His unit patrolled the region’s mountains and ...

By the end of the week, the entire 196th Light Infantry Brigade, some 4,000 strong and fresh from the jungles of Tay Ninh near Saigon, was in Chu Lai; more G.I.s were on their way. Their mission ...

The biggest thrill I ever experienced was watching the first landing of an A-4 Skyhawk jet fighter on the 23 rd day after our arrival on the beach in Chu Lai, in what was then South Vietnam.

It was the steamy morning of June 8, 1969, and she was in her bed at Chu Lai base at the height of the Vietnam War. Green’s husband returned with tragic news: A Soviet-built rocket had struck ...