Fighting in the City of Hue as a Marine, Myron Harrington was awarded the Silver Star and Navy Cross a week apart.

He, along with Garcia, served in the 1st Battalion, 1st Marines’ Alpha Co. while in Vietnam, Canley was the ... in the initial phase of Operation Hue City, was awarded the Medal of Honor ...

Hue was an extremely important symbol in Vietnam. It was the ancient ... allowing US Marines to retake the modern half of the city by the beginning of February. The ban was still in place when ...

SAIGON -- Combat-ready U.S. Marines swarmed ashore today and took up defense positions around the Da Nang air base only 80 miles from Communist North Vietnam. It was the first Marine landing in a ...

This coming April will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War ... the tank that the U.S. Marines use to go charging into Hue City during the “Surfin’ Bird” combat ...