"The story was removed during auto removal process," a defense official told Military.com This M109 Howitzer was damaged at Fire Base Rita tyring to hold back a human wave of enemy troops.

U.S. Army Specialist Four Lester Williams Jr. had been in Vietnam just seven months when all hell broke loose at Fire Support Base Rita one night in 1968. North Vietnamese soldiers launched a ...

Williams was killed in action on Nov. 1, 1968, during an attack on Fire Base Rita in Vietnam. Enemy soldiers infiltrated the perimeter and one tossed a satchel charge into the bunker where ...

Whitaker, who died Feb. 4, 2017, received the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the 1968 firefight at Fire Support Base Rita in Vietnam. He was then serving as command sergeant ...