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 [...]
Smoke rises after a second bomb strike from an F/A-18C Hornet fighter-attack aircraft on an insurgent target during a combat operation in the abandoned village of Now Zad, Helmand province, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, April 3. The residents of Now Zad were forced to abandon their homes nearly three years ago out of fear for [...]
U.S. Marines search through a storage shed during a mission in Karmah, Iraq, Oct. 4, 2008. Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1 and Iraqi police officers are searching for improvised explosive device manufacturers in their area of operation. (DoD photo by Lance Cpl. Geoffrey T. Campbell, U.S. Marine [...]
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U.S. Marines with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Task Force Mech., Multi-National Force – West speak with an Iraqi soldier about their current mission in the Jazeerah Desert in Iraq July 3, 2008. Marines with the task force are conducting disruption missions as part of an operation to prevent foreign fighters from entering the area. [...]
Marines Conduct Operation in North
U.S. Marine Sgt. Daniel Leach, 2nd Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Task Force Mech., Multi-National Force-West Ground Combat Element, talks to fellow Marines on the radio during Operation Defeat al-Qaida in the north in the northern Al Anbar province, Iraq, on June 11. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Cpl. Tyler [...]
A memorial is displayed in honor of Corporal Mark D. Kidd from Milford, MI with Headquarters and Support Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines. Regimental Combat Team 6 is deployed with II Marine Expeditionary Force in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq (Multi-National Forces-West) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, [...]
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Iwo Jima, 23 February 1945
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 21st Marines, 3d Marine Division. Place and date: Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 23 February 1945. Entered service at: West Virginia. Born: 2 October 1923, Quiet Dell, W. Va. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond [...]
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