Operating in conjunction with helicopters, ground units, and SEAL teams, River Patrol Boats (PBRs) helped keep rivers clear of mines and infiltrators. The Long Tau River in the Rung Sat Special Zone ...

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 ...

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 ...

To most of you, PBR probably sounds like a mid-strength beer you’d find stashed in a frat house fridge. But I’m not talking about Pabst Blue Ribbon here. Instead, this PBR—the Patrol Boat Riverine—was ...

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 ...

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.

In 1966, when he was barely 20 years old, Rubin Binder joined the first four-man crew of a boat assigned to patrol the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam. During 161 patrols and 59 firefights with North ...