SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- There was a powerful sight and sound over San Jose Wednesday. A Vietnam war-era Huey helicopter, fully restored by veterans, flew above city hall, marking 50 years since the ...

A Kansas veteran who flew Army helicopters in Vietnam transported troops and trained pilots during his year overseas.

Fifty years later, the surreal images of U.S. sailors and Marines scrambling to push, drag and muscle helicopters overboard into the sea in 1975 remain emblematic of America's long and ultimately ...

Photo courtesy of Bob Ford | Special to News-Press NOW A Vietnam-era Cobra helicopter is shown on display at the Kansas National Guard Museum in Topeka, Kansas. Photo courtesy of Bob Ford | Special to ...

The Vietnam War came to an end on April 30, 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam. The fall of the city marked the end of the South Vietnamese government and ...