Farrell Vice was killed in action in Vietnam on May 24, 1969. He was 21. Acadian Museum in Erath will honor the Louisiana soldier this Memorial Day.

In June 1969, LIFE magazine published a feature that remains as moving and, in some quarters, as controversial as it was when it intensified a nation’s soul-searching 45 years ago. On the cover ...

A look back at more than two dozen Vietnam War-related LIFE magazine covers, from the early 1960s through the early 1970s. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV. Subscribe Subscribe.

On June 27, 1969, Life magazine published an issue that sparked controversy and emotion across the country. It featured the names and photos of more than 200 American troops who had been killed in ...

In June, 1969, a large black and white photograph of Army Spec. William C. Gearing Jr. of Greece, N.Y., filled the cover of Life Magazine. Gearing, 20, had been drafted in May 1968, a year out of ...