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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May 01 , 2022
On Oct. 3, 2009, Carter was one of 54 members of B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment defending Combat Outpost Keating in Nuristan Province. Shortly before 6 a.m., the remote base was rocke...
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Apr 28 , 2022
War role: Guerrilla fighter, spy Medals and commendations: George Medal, Medal of Freedom from the U.S., Médaille de la Résistance, Croix de Guerre (three times)Nancy Wake was a world traveler befo...
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Apr 27 , 2022
During a New Years Day dismounted patrol in 2006, the platoon Petty Officer Juan Rubio was assigned to was ambushed by insurgents who detonated explosives and fired rocket-propelled grenades and ma...
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