During the Vietnam War, Duayne Keen battled with the U.S. Navy Seabees south of Da Nang. Way south. "I was right on the South Pole," noted the Conestoga man, who fought numbing Antarctic temperatures ...

In the midst of a catch-as-catch-can war that has placed a premium on mobility and speed, a World War I style line of defense is creeping inland from the South China Sea Coast just south of Da Nang.

David H. Lyman, like a good number of potential draftees in the 1960s, joined the military reserves in a desire to stay out of Vietnam during the war. Ironically, he ended up in Vietnam as a member of ...