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The American military's M1 Abrams tank was a trailblazer for the U.S. Armed Forces, though many preceding tanks helped ...
On April 15 in the spring of 1952, his platoon was attacked by a battalion-size Chinese force of between 500 and 700 soldiers. "They were throwing grenades at us and we then threw grenades at them," ...
Standing beneath the shade of trees outside of Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital, Lottie Chatman holds a decades-old bottle of ...
Six days later—on Christmas Eve, no less—A1C Turner would get his turn to blast his way into the annals of American aerial gunner history. Fratus picks up the story again: “Moore’s B-52D ...
Retired Marine Corps Maj. James Capers, Jr. received the Silver Star Medal in 2010 for actions in the Vietnam War. (Courtesy of Jim Capers) A bill recently introduced in Congress would upgrade a ...
For one thing, he was a USMC Vietnam veteran, but also, he was told his idea was impossible. His concept for FedEx earned him a C from his professor at Yale. But Fred believed in his idea and was ...
Raymond Maninger died in Vietnam in 1970. More than 50 years later, a photo of him made it to his family in Jacksonville.
He is now an officer and machine gunner of the NGU's elite Omega group. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. I was wide awake when I lost my leg. We were in Luhansk ...
Nominated by State Sen. Pam Helming, Brisbane achieved the rank of corporal E-4 in the U.S. Marine Corps, serving active duty during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1967. He's also a Purple Heart ...
He made the comments as he chaired a meeting with ministries and agencies on inter-sectoral coordination mechanisms for the sustainable development of Vietnam’s maritime sector. Ha emphasised ...