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.

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, 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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

They huddled at a Las Vegas resort to reflect on what their minds can’t erase nearly 40 years after the end of the Vietnam War. About 25 River Rats — men who wore black berets in the brown-water Navy ...

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 ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum on Monday will offer free admission to Vietnam veterans and their immediate families in honor of Vietnam Veterans Day. March 29 ...