American Indian veteran to receive posthumous honor
The Associated Press
Rapid City Journal - 25 April 2007
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SIOUX FALLS — Congressional conferees have approved legislation allowing President...
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25 years after Beirut
Fallout from 1983 barracks bombing is still being felt
By Rick Hampson
USA Today
Aquarter-century later, the sergeant of the guard that morning says he can still see the face of the man driving the truck.
Sgt. Stephen Russell was...10-20-2008, 02:02 PM -
Is this Green Beret the last Vietnam vet on active duty?
In the 1970s, he was among the last Marines sent to Vietnam.
In the '80s, as an Army Green Beret, he deployed into Honduras during the Contra Wars.
In 1991, he was gassed in Iraq.
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Last living US WWI vet dies in W. Va. at age 110
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Frank Buckles was repeatedly rejected by military recruiters and got into uniform at 16 after lying about his age. He would later become the last surviving U.S. veteran of World War I.
Buckles,...02-28-2011, 09:58 AM -
The spoils of war
Pfc. Earl Coffey found a fortune in a palace in Iraq. His decision to steal it derailed his life
By Billy Cox - Special to the Times
Posted : July 07, 2008
SARASOTA, Fla. — After nearly three weeks of desert combat and enough death...07-01-2008, 11:44 AM