Jun 10 , 2022
On October 31, 1967, just one month before he was to be rotated back home, Captain Riley Pitts and his men from the 2/27th Infantry, 25th ID was called upon to reinforce another company heavily en...
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Jun 09 , 2022
Chesty Puller, in full Lewis Burwell Puller, (born June 26, 1898, West Point, Virginia, U.S.—died October 11, 1971, Hampton, Virginia), United States Marine Corps officer who was the most decorated...
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Jun 06 , 2022
On this 78th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, we should take time to remember some of the many heroes of the various battles that took place as the Allies stormed their way into Franc...
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Jun 04 , 2022
Eloy Otero-Bruno and Crispina Barreto-Torres welcomed a son into the world on April 7, 1937, in the small municipality of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, just west of San Juan. When they gave him a name in...
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Jun 03 , 2022
Few Vietnam-era Marines are more storied than legendary sniper Carlos Hathcock. He didn't just his success by confirmed kills or the longest shots taken (though he held both records in his lifetime...
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Jun 02 , 2022
Peter Francisco: A Giant of the Past Inspiring Strongmen of the Present Hercules of the Revolution. The Virginia Giant. George Washington’s One-Man Army. These are some of the nicknames used ...
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