Fact Check: Texas Tribune Claims AR-15 Was U.S. Infantry Rifle in Vietnam
On March 20, 2023, the Texas Tribune claimed the AR-15 was the U.S. infantry rifle used by soldiers during the Vietnam War.

On March 20, 2023, the Texas Tribune claimed the AR-15 was the U.S. infantry rifle used by soldiers during the Vietnam War.
Marine Corporal Larry Hughes served in Vietnam, but he never said anything about his missing dog tag.
Fifteen veterans returned to Bedford, Virginia, after visiting Washington, DC, through the Honor Flight program this past weekend. But for one Vietnam War veteran on the trip, it was extra significant.
A World War II veteran has been busy crafting presents for Vietnam veterans at his woodworking shop in Fallbrook, California.
Reflecting on the country’s last 15 presidencies, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Joe Biden, conservative radio legend Michael Savage argued that Biden is
A Vietnam War veteran who recently passed away without family and friends was honored in a special way by dozens of strangers in St. Louis.
A Vietnam veteran from South Carolina recently proved it is never too late to pursue one’s dreams by earning his bachelor’s degree at 77 years old.
An upstate New York Vietnam veteran, who enlisted at 17 years old, recently received his high school diploma at the age of 71, according to a report.
Two Vietnam Veterans finally reunited more than 50 years after one saved another in the heat of battle.
There have been 673,472 deaths in the United States due to the Chinese coronavirus, more than the combined numbers of American military lives lost during battle in World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
Larry Chambers, who served as a skipper on the aircraft carrier Midway during the fall of Saigon, said that while the two situations are strikingly similar, they are different in one key respect: Kabul is much, much worse.
Taliban terrorists are taking over Afghanistan and President Joe Biden is responsible, former Gen. David Petraeus said.
Stefanik likened Biden’s failed Afghanistan policy to the desertion of South Vietnam, which delivered Saigon into the hands of communists.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed the deaths of over 400 British soldiers in Afghanistan was not “in vain” as the Taliban retook the country from the Western-backed regime in Kabul.
A Vietnam veteran received a huge thank you for his military service on Monday morning in Richardson, Texas.
A writer with the leftwing New York Magazine asked President Donald Trump at a coronavirus briefing at the White House on Monday if he deserves to be re-elected given the fact that more Americans have died from the virus than did in the Vietnam war.
A Florida police department ensured that a homeless veteran who served during the Vietnam War received a proper send-off by inviting the public to his funeral ceremony.
The Republican president, running for re-election, orders airstrikes against a foreign foe. Back home, street protests erupt, and TV pundits and newspaper editorialists rage; there are even new calls for impeachment.
A teenager in Kalamazoo, Michigan, is raising money to send Vietnam War veterans on a special trip to Washington, DC.
A deceased Vietnam War veteran will receive a Purple Heart 50 years after a rocket-propelled grenade hit him.
A recent reflection of military service in the Los Angeles Times newspaper painted a one-sided image of the U.S. Army. It caused me to reflect upon the person I am today after serving 23 years.
An Army Reserve Officer has a unique way of honoring the American service members who died in the Vietnam War.
All this media hysteria surrounding Global Warming hoaxtress Greta Thunberg and gun-grabbing fanatic David Hogg does serve one vital purpose… We’re reminded that all children are stupid.
While the summit meeting between North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump ended with no deal being made on Pyongyang’s de-nuclearization, it was not the first time Americans were engaged by North Koreans in Vietnam – the Americans just did not know it.
Alfredo Ortiz of Job Creators Network writes in The Hill, calling upon President Trump to use the State of the Union Address as an opportunity to tout the current robust economy and urge more of the same policies be pursued.
NBC’s Savannah Guthrie and Nathan Phillips were both caught misleading Today Show viewers about how he has portrayed his service record Thursday morning.
A group of Native American activists, led by native elder Nathan Phillips, allegedly tried to enter a Catholic church in Washington, DC, on Saturday while chanting and banging on their drums.
The Washington Post has walked back claims about the military record of Nathan Phillips, the Native American activist at the center of a national controversy captured on video at Friday’s Woman’s March in Washington, D.C.
Thousands of strangers attended the Friday military funeral of a 77-year-old Vietnam War veteran from New Jersey who died alone and had no known relatives.
Vlahos said when she first began to hear stories of Gulf War veterans suffering from respiratory problems, it immediately resonated with her.
An 80-year-old Marine veteran is expected to receive the nation’s highest military honor for his “conspicuous gallantry” during the Vietnam War in the 1960s.
A Vietnam veteran, who lived in Aurora, Colorado, shot and killed an alleged home intruder on Monday only to be shot and killed himself when police arrived.
Oscar-winning actress Jane Fonda reflected on being labeled an anti-American traitor during an appearance this week at Television Critics Associations Summer Press Tour.
The embattled Republican president is besieged by hostile Democrats and an even more hostile media, who regard him as politically dubious (he was, after all, elected with less than a majority of the popular vote), ideologically out of step (he is deemed “wrong” on the big issues of the day), and personally gauche, even repulsive (the mocking of his physical appearance is perhaps the most savage in American history).
President Donald Trump says he may pardon another late heavyweight boxing champion — this time, Muhammad Ali.
President Donald Trump announced that he was considering a pardon for boxing champion Muhammad Ali, continuing his string of high-profile pardons.
On Memorial Day, Camp Pendleton unveiled a Vietnam Memorial honoring 2,706 American heroes killed in action during the Vietnam War.
Emmy Award-winning writer and director Todd Robinson visited Breitbart News Saturday to discuss the rewards and difficulties of making The Last Full Measure, the incredible story of the Vietnam heroics of Airman William Pitsenbarger and the thirty-year campaign to get him awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Veteran actor Bill Murray praised the Parkland, Florida, students who became gun control activists after last month’s mass shooting, comparing the teens in an NBC op-ed to the anti-Vietnam War protesters.
President Donald Trump’s White House is set to screen Steven Spielberg’s Pentagon Papers drama The Post, ahead of the film’s nationwide release.