KERRVILLE, Texas – The 1,000th American serviceman killed in Afghanistan was born on the Fourth of July. He died several days before Americans honor fallen troops on Memorial Day.
25 years after Beirut
Fallout from1983 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...
Reggie Salisbury, an 87-year-old Army veteran and member of the American Ex-Prisoners of War – Lowcountry Chapter, reflects on his military experience at his home in Ridgeville, S.C., Sept. 14, 2012. Salisbury was a scout for a Native American Comanche code talker named Charlie Wall and is a veteran...
http://www.d arwina13 January 2005, Croatia) One fateful afternoon, 55-year-old Marko retreated to his semi-detached workshop to make himself a tool for chimney cleaning. The chimney was too high for a simple broom to work, but if he could attach a brush to a chain and then weigh it down with something,...