Ralph Fries choked up as the small boat pulled into the Hampton River. It was the kind of boat he fixed in Vietnam so “the kids” could ride out again and risk their lives. They called him “Pops” back ...

Camouflage green, with guns mounted on its bow and stern, the 31-foot vessel pulled alongside the Port of Everett fuel dock Tuesday morning. In a marina filled with cabin cruisers and sailboats, this ...

Muskegon native Robert Bowyer left the military in 2005, but the military never left him, and now he's working diligently on bringing a rare piece of Vietnam War history back to life in his hometown.

Lee Wahler saw a wrapped boat at the Washington Navy Yard that he thought he recognized. Wahler, an employee of the Navy's Military Sealift Command, headquartered on the yard, approached the owner of ...

MUSKEGON, MI - It was 2005 and Robert Bowyer had just finished serving his first of two tours in Afghanistan. The young U.S. Army man, who would eventual advance to the rank of sergeant, stepped off a ...

David Larsen was tossed an M-60 machine gun and several belts of ammunition before jumping, almost falling, from his U.S. Navy river patrol boat into the pitch-black jungle next to the North Saigon ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD)- A lengthy renovation process is over at Patriots Point as the patrol boat in the Vietnam War exhibit was put back into the water Tuesday morning. A 90 ton crane lifted the ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. -- An Army veteran from Muskegon is using his skills to give back to veterans that came before him. Robert Bowyer is fixing up a Vietnam-era PBR boat to give free rides to veterans, ...

MUSKEGON, Mich. -- An Army veteran in Muskegon County who spent the last few years restoring a Vietnam War-era PBR boat is finally unveiling all of his hard work to the public. FOX 17 first met Robert ...

PARK CITY, Kan. (KSNW) — Like his father and grandfather before him, Max Slieter would join the U.S. Army when he was 18 years old. Courtesy: Max Slieter It was March 1967, and with the Vietnam War ...