Mr. McCombs, a reporter for The Washington Post, was a U.S. Army sergeant in Vietnam from 1969 to 1970, serving in the 1st Logistical Command, then as Saigon bureau chief of Pacific Stars & Stripes. He returned in 1973 as a Washington Post correspondent, remaining until the fall of South Vietnam in 1975.

Articles by Phil McCombs

'Every Marine'

By Phil McCombs
April 1999
A "Style" staff writer for The Washington Post details the real story of the weary Marine in Frank Johnston's Vietnam War photo, "Peace Church."