May 17 , 2022
Army Sgt. Henry Johnson was part of the 369th Infantry Regiment — the Hellfighters from Harlem — which originally was composed of New York National Guard soldiers. This photograph was taken as the ...
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May 16 , 2022
The path from the rock star to a respectable Special Forces operator was easy for Jason Everman. Tales of combat stories from a friend, a former Navy SEAL, inspired Jason Everman who was restless w...
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May 15 , 2022
Born in 1916, in California, Carter’s father was an African-American missionary, and his mother was Indian from Calcutta. He lived in Shanghai, and spoke four languages. Though he was refused enlis...
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May 13 , 2022
Medal of Honor recipient and retired Marine Sgt. Maj. John Canley, whose selfless heroism at the Battle of Hue City during the Vietnam War saved the lives of more than 20 Marines, has died at age 8...
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May 11 , 2022
The day after the attack on Pearl Harbor must have been a strange time for the U.S. military. But many didn’t get the chance to ponder the new world order they lived in. As Hawaii came under attack...
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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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