In 1967 and 1968, merchant seaman and former Marine John “Chick” Donohue turned a barroom promise into one of the strangest journeys of the Vietnam War. Carrying beers from home, he traveled through ...
In the fall of 1967, a land mine in Vietnam killed a Fort Mill teen, husband and expectant father on his first patrol as a Marine. A month later, another mine killed a Rock Hill soldier with 10 ...
The background (before March 1959) -- America drawn into Vietnam (Mar 1959-Dec 1964) -- America goes to war (Jan 1965-Sep 1967) -- The turning point (Sep 1967-Dec 1968) -- Nixon's war (Jan 1969-Dec ...