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Marine one of 10 killed in crash off African coast
VILLA RICA, Ga. — When Ada Large opened the door to her home late Friday night, there were half a dozen men in military uniforms standing there, including two chaplains.
It had to be bad news.
“It seemed like 100 ...
Funeral services for Eric Paul Woods, 26, were held 10 a.m., Tuesday, July 19, 2005 at Johnston Evangelical Free Church, 9901 NW 62nd Avenue in Johnston, Iowa. Burial with Military Rites followed the service at McDivitt Grove Cemetery @ 70th Street & Meredith Drive in Urbandale, Iowa. Eric died i...
Not a day goes by that I don't have Ben on my heart or in my mind. It plays back the memories that we made, the laughs that we shared, and the tears that we wiped away for each other. This day and every day, I honor you and miss you more than words can describe. Love you forever and always.
We are in the process of trying to get a section of road renamed for my Uncle. This is the paper that we turned in, explaining why we feel he deserves to be honored, and why that particular section of road.
First Lieutenant James F Claussen Memorial Highway
My uncle, First L...
On May 12, 1975, Khmer Rouge gunboats captured the SS Mayaguez in the Gulf of Thailand approximately 60 nautical miles off the coast of Cambodia. The vessel was taken to Koh [island] Tang. Alerted to the capture, U.S. Navy and Air Force aircraft began surveillance flights around the island. After...
On Thursday, October 28, 2010, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Adam L. Dickmyer, 26, was killed in action near Kandahar, Afghanistan while serving as a Platoon Sergeant with 3rd Platoon, Attack Company, 2nd Battalion, 502d Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team in the 101st Airborne Division (Air As...
He was listed as Missing in Action while fighting the enemy in Korea on January 31, 1951.
The Lost Patrol. In late January, 1951, patrols from the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, were assigned to search out North Korean guerrillas operating in the area north and east of Taegu. The operatio...
Sgt Sutphen was awarded the Air Medal.
Harry Francis Sherman, named for his grandfather, was a bright young man who was an average American of the period between the World Wars. Raised, in a large part, by his Irish-American Catholic step-grandmother, Harry would serve as an altar boy at St. Brigid's church in Amherst, Massachusetts.<...
Bronze Star (Merit)
USS Arizona Whale Boat Team
Standing left to right:
Lawrence J. Griffin, Herbert A. Dreesbach, Marvin A. Hughes, John McRay Baker, Eugene Brickley, Gordon E. Shive, and Burnis L. Bond.
Kneeling left to right:
Francis J. Pedrotti, Robert C. Erskine, Robert W. Dunnam, Donald E...
"The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.” ~ General Douglas MacArthur There are many people we meet in life, some do great deeds; but of all that can proudly be called a hero is none greater than a special man or woma...