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FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, Afghan-istan— U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Steven C. Staley, an information network analyst for the 580th Signal Company, is known for his selfless volunteerism and his sense of hu-mor.
Read moreAs we watched one plane come and it was just a few feet from the runway, for some unknown reason, the plane burst into flames and crashed killing the entire crew. You are just stunned when something like that happens and not much talking went on for the rest of the day. That is another thing that is imbedded in your mind forever, an entire crew wiped out in an instant, but you just go on. Since we were waiting for the convoy orders, we did not go ashore in Saipan or Tinian. We did observe the endless flights of B-29s and the P-51s as they left or returned from missions.
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It is thought that Doctor John McCrae (30 November 1872 — 28 January 1918) began the draft for his famous poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ on the evening of the 2 May 1915 in the second week of fighting during the Second Battle of Ypres.
Read moreFor most Oklahomans, as for most Americans, the Korean War provoked a strange mix of deep concern and growing indifference between 1950 and 1953. The unprovoked invasion of South Korea by communist North Korean forces seemed clear proof of the threat posed to the United States and its allies by the Soviet Union and its own client states and seemed an unsettling harbinger of the growing dan-ger of open, possibly nuclear, warfare between East and West.
Read moreThomas and Myrtis Mitchell had 4 sons and all were drafted. Thomas Alexander Mitchell-Army Quarter Master, James Alvin Mitchell-Marines,Leroy Fagin Mitchell-Army Infantry, Marvin Clover Mitchell-Army Corporal, Army Engineers 844th Aviation Battalion,8th Air Force the subject of this story. After basic training Marvin called Jeanette Crawford and asked her to meet him in Las Vegas to be married. They were married at 11 p.m., had a bite to eat and then hopped on a bus to Riverside CA. The people on the bus knew we were just married, they sang Wedding Bells, and the big party began until we arrived at about 7:30 a.m.
Read morePrivate First Class Walter Magruder, infantry, United States Army, has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action against the enemy on March 24, 1945, in Germany. When his advancing company was halted by the enemy fire, Pfc. Magruder advanced boldly to a position commanding the enemy emplacement.
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CATOOSA, Okla. – From atop the 18th floor of the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino’s “Sky Room”, members and supporters of the Society of American Indian Government Employees (SAIGE) recently gathered to honor recipients of the 2016 SAIGE Military Meritorious Service Award.
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1 – An Engineering Marvel To bring the B-2 to life, Northrop Grumman had to invent all components from scratch. That list included tools, a software laboratory, composite materials, special test equipment, and 3-D modeling and computer systems. Related manufacturing processes were also created.
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