The Story of the 442nd in Action - Slideshow: Rescue of the Lost Battalion

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Since it’s creation, the 82nd has remained the nation’s best-known — and most widely respected — airborne unit.
Full story

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PO2 (EOD2) Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq, giving his life to save his fellow Seals.  During Mike Monsoor’s funeral in San Diego, as his coffin was being moved from the hearse to the grave site at Ft.  Rosecrans National [...]

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of New Jersey Busy Again
BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP, NJ-May 05, 2008 - “The Lone Bugler” of New Jersey is once again preparing for his 8th Annual 21 Performance Salute on Memorial Day week.
Richard Pinter - a retired Army First Sergeant - has been playing “Taps” at military funerals and other events for 38 years while serving in [...]

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Salute those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. Watch the Memorial Day Tribute Slideshow now. …More

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From the American boys who pitted their tanks against the Viet Cong to the soldiers who put their lives on the line every day in Iraq, these are the heroes of our time, telling what it’s like to face the enemy in tank warfare….More

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ARMY chiefs today defended their decision to send out a patrol in Iraq which ended with a young Blackpool soldier being shot dead. Gunner Lee Thornton was on patrol in Al Qurna, just south of Basra, when he was shot through the neck by an insurgent sniper.
The former Palatine High School pupil died two days [...]

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The father of an Iraq war hero has given his support to the Evening Post’s campaign to build a statue in honour of Viscount William Slim.
The Post is calling for a fitting tribute to the Bristol-born Field Marshal who led the so-called Forgotten 14th army against the Japanese in Burma during World War II.
The city’s [...]

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Five years ago, 1st Sgt. Benny Valdez thought he might die in Iraq.
Every mission, he thought then, his life was on the line.
He never wanted to go back.
But like tens of thousands of soldiers, he didn’t get the choice. He’ll spend the war’s fifth anniversary as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade.
This [...]

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Two-thirds of the British public think not enough is being done to recognise the sacrifice of armed forces personnel killed in Iraq, a survey suggests.The Art Fund charity says there is also support for issuing a series of stamps, dedicated to each person who has died, by official war artist Steve McQueen.
Among the 2,082 adults [...]

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