Marine’s second Vietnam tour helped his brother, Arthur Ashe, win US Open 50 years ago

WASHINGTON — In the spring of 1967, Arthur Ashe, an Army second lieutenant, was honing his tennis skills as an accomplished amateur player, eyeing a shot to compete in a Grand Slam championship. A world away in Vietnam, at Red Beach Base Area in Danang, his younger brother, Johnnie Ashe, a Marine, anxiously counted down the days left of his time at war.