May 10 , 2022
MARINE SERGEANT AL SCHMID LOST AN EYE WHILE HEROICALLY MANNING A MACHINE GUN DURING THE PROTRACTED FIGHTING ON GUADALCANAL. In 1945, Warner Brothers released a movie titled Pride of the Marines, ba...
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May 09 , 2022
Lt. Thomas R. Norris and Petty Officer 3rd Class Nguyen Van Kiet. Norris was awarded the Medal of Honor and Kiet was recognized with the Silver Star. On April 2, 1972, an EB-66 carrying Lt. Col. Ic...
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May 07 , 2022
Col. Jay Vargas was a Captain leading Company G, 2nd Battalion, Fourth Marines, when he assaulted the village of Dai Do on May 1, 1968.The previous day he had already received painful wounds but ha...
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May 06 , 2022
Col. George Day’s story starts the day his F-100 was shot out of the sky over Vietnam on August 26, 1967.Then-Major Day was leading a Misty Forward Air Control flight when his plane was crippled by...
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May 05 , 2022
In the foyer of the Central Intelligence Agency’s headquarters, there is a marble wall covered in stars. They are carved divots that represent those who have fallen in the service of the CIA. Belo...
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May 04 , 2022
Nov. 16, 2005, started off "normal." Then 21 insurgents attacked the platoon of the then-19-year-old former Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Mooi. He ran into one of the "heavily fortified" buildings from...
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