The band's manager was a stripper from Saigon who went by the stage-name of Geri Vay. Dave Gallaher was an Air Force intelligence specialist from Atlanta serving in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968, and ...

EditorThis story is from June 2018. ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Amidst the humid and turbulent summer of 1968, John Moor worked a summer job flipping burgers and hot dogs on the grill of Ducky's Luncheonette, ...

American soldiers listened to a record player as they stood in a trench at the beleaguered U.S. Marine outpost in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam. Bettmann Archive Getty Images “We gotta get out of this place ...

Frankie Boyce of Plainfield wrote the lyrics to “Soul Soldier” in November of 1968 while he was serving in Vietnam. Two months later he made the ultimate sacrifice. The tale of Boyce, who had backed ...

Walworth's Carl Conge has been writing songs since early 1970s. Teams with country music award winner Dave Gibson on moving music video. America's involvement in Vietnam lasted nearly 20 years, 1955 ...

ASBURY PARK, N.J. — Amidst the humid and turbulent summer of 1968, John Moor worked a summer job flipping burgers and hot dogs on the grill of Ducky's Luncheonette, one of the most popular stands at ...

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's new PBS documentary series The Vietnam War premieres at 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 on WOSU-TV. I got to thinking about some of the music from that era relating to the conflict ...

South Vietnam, January 1968: An unknown Marine passes the time playing his guitar surrounded by sandbags in a dugout at Khe Sanh base. Looking for Stars and Stripes’ coverage of the Vietnam War?

For the last four Thursdays of the summer of 2018, it's #FUVTBT Throwback Thursdays. WFUV is rewinding decades, back to 1998, 1988, 1978, and 1968 — dipping back for day-long flashbacks with songs of ...