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Air Force Col. (ret.) Joseph Kittinger, who set parachute record, dies
Kittinger, a Vietnam War fighter pilot and former POW, parachuted from 19 miles high, a record that stood for more than 50 years.
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Your Military
Last of Mexico’s World War II veterans dies at age 98
The sergeant served with 300 other Mexican soldiers alongside U.S. Army Air Forces in the Philippines.
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The quest to recover one Vietnam-era Air Force pilot lost in Lake Huron crash
On June 13, 1966, U.S. Air Force Maj. William J. Vinopal climbed into his Convair F-106A Delta Dart, a single-seat, flight interceptor aircraft, for a routine training mission over the lake. It would turn out to be his last flight. Now, over 50 years later, a group of veterans is on a mission to locate the wreckage and recover Vinopal’s remains.
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How the Army tried and failed to build a bicycle corps
The 25th Infantry Bicycle Regiment carried out a 1,900 mile trip from Montana to Missouri.
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Senators seek SECDEF support to add names of ‘Lost 74’ to Vietnam Memorial Wall
A bipartisan group of senators has submitted a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper to once again push to add the names of the “Lost 74” — the sailors killed aboard the Evans — to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.
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How one organization is working to correct cases of Jewish WWII soldiers mistakenly buried under Latin Cross headstones
“It is very important for us for a soldier who lived and died as an American be acknowledged for posterity as an American. It is also equally important for us that a soldier who lived and died as a Jew, be recognized as a Jew.”
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This Virginia dairy farm that housed Army spies is now a winery
VInt Hill was bought by the Army in 1942 and remained in operation until 1997.
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Preservation group seeks nominations for report on endangered historic American battlefields
“Too often the threats to our priceless historical treasures go unnoticed,” said Trust President James Lighthizer. “This report is a rallying cry to the nation, a powerful reminder that our most hallowed ground may still be in imminent danger.”
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These Air Corps pilots’ actions at Pearl Harbor made them among the first heroes of World War II
Two heroic American aviators led a spirited defense against the Japanese at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.
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Air Force and Army veteran duo aims to restore WWII submarine
Air Force veteran Mark Gatton got the idea to save the USS Ling and bring it to Louisville, Ky., when he learned that the sub was going to be scrapped in New Jersey.
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