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Gunnery Sergeant’s Name to be Added to Vietnam Veterans Memorial
American Forces Press Service
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WASHINGTON, May 1, 2009 – The name of an American serviceman who died as a result of wounds suffered in combat in the Vietnam War will be inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial next week, the founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans [...]
Missing Soldier’s Family Receives His Distinguished Service Cross
By Benjamin Abel
Special to American Forces Press Service
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., April 27, 2009 – The history of the U.S. Army Special Forces Regiment is short in relation to that of the rest of the Army, but it’s long enough for fierce battles to become old war stories and for [...]
UPDATE: 17 JUNE 2009
Brazil finds new strain of H1N1 virus
Ontario officials warn of mysterious Mexican illness
TORONTO – Ontario officials are scrambling to deal with a mysterious, SARS-likle illness that has killed an estimated 20 people in Mexico.
Dr. Arlene King, who leads the Centre for Immunization and Respiratory Infectious Diseases at the Public Health Agency of [...]
Thousands Honor Doolittle Raiders at the 67th Reunion
By Navy Lt. Jennifer Cragg
Special to American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 20, 2009 – Thousands of people, young and old, gathered to honor five of the nine surviving Doolittle Raiders at the 67th Reunion in Columbia, S.C., April 16-18.
On April 18, 1942, the Doolittle Raiders, led by then-Lt. [...]
Soldier Missing In Action From Korean War Is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Pfc. David Woodruff, U.S. Army, of [...]
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2009 – One-hundred twenty-three American heroes from the Vietnam War era will be honored posthumously this month during the annual In Memory Day ceremony, according to Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.
“In Memory Day” was created to pay tribute to the men and [...]
Just received this email from friend and US Army Ranger Brian G.
You’re a 19 year old kid. You’re critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam . Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8 - 1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or [...]
Airman Missing In Action From WW ll is Identified
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War II, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.
He is Staff Sgt. Martin F. Troy, [...]
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