The Military Veterans Museum and Education Center has built a replica of the famous 1969 Vietnam gun truck, Brutus. A special dedication for the gun truck will be held at the museum Saturday ...

Fortunately, Tom Spencer, president of Vietnam Veterans Chapter 388 ... “Eve of Destruction,” from Top 40 hits in the 1960s. Other truck names were Brutus, Cold Sweat, Gun Slingers, Hell’s Breed, ...

Vietnam. Dahl was only 22 when his gun truck was sent to assist in the defense of an ambushed convoy. After the intense battle, Dahl and Brutus were returning to convoy duty when he saw a live ...

The missions for the gun trucks in Vietnam were the same, day or night, around the clock. Ace of Spades and her sister gun trucks were armed escorts to convoys traveling the rugged jungle roads ...

"Gun Trucks of Vietnam" premieres Sunday, November 11, ppm ET/PT. The program tells the history of the U.S. Army gun truckers, innovative young men who were assigned trucks that were woefully ...

Stories and movies have lauded the heroism and power behind the helicopters, tanks and fighter jets of the Vietnam War. Seldom have the gun trucks been so honored. On Saturday, thousands of ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — It was an honor 50 years in the making. Retired Army Specialist Ronald Mallory received the nation's fourth-highest honor for military personnel: the Bronze Star. This award ...