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December 06, 2019 - 11:42 am

Christmas Day in Laos with MACV-SOG, 1968

Christmas Day, 1968 was just another day for MACV-SOG Spike Team Idaho. Early that morning ST Idaho was loaded onto Kingbees and flown to the Quang Tri launch site .

In this Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019 photo, Morry Crow poses at Good Samaritan Society at St. Martin Village in Rapid City, S.D.

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Associated Press

November 11, 2019 - 6:45 am

Honored WWII aerial gunner is a survivor

Morry Crow completed 30 missions as an aerial gunner in World War II. He flew missions in Norway and Germany and survived harrowing incidents during those missions. But while 10 of the 21 planes in his squadron didn't return, he and his crew were part of the "Lucky Bastards Club" as they were...

Western Illinois University

Julia LeDoux

November 01, 2019 - 10:35 am

One of the last known Marine veterans who fought at Iwo Jima dies at 103

When he signed up with the Marines in 1943, John Moon was a WIU graduate, married, had a young son and was working for the Caterpillar Tractor Company in East Peoria, Illinois.

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Julia LeDoux

October 23, 2019 - 4:34 pm

Marine vet who crawled across Boston Marathon finish line set to take on NYC race

Micah Herndon is running the New York City Marathon in honor of three friends killed by an IED blast in Afghanistan.

Omar Ahmed Barzinji served with the Iraqi levies

Courtesy of Sheik Omar Ahmed Barzinjis relatives, used with permission

Jack Murphy

October 14, 2019 - 9:57 am

President Trump mistakenly states that Kurds did not help us during World War II, here is the real story

President Trump criticized the Kurds recently saying, “They didn’t help us in the Second World War. They didn’t help us with Normandy, as an example.”

Gene Metcalfe and Richard Blankenship sit as guests of honor before receiving the Military Order of William Orange Lanyard, the Netherlands highest award,

Staff Sgt. Christopher Jelle

Army.mil

September 25, 2019 - 10:13 am

US Veterans presented with highest Dutch military award

The Netherlands' highest military award, the Orange Lanyard of the Military Order of William, was presented to U.S. Army WWII veterans Gene Metcalfe and Robert C. Blankenship, whose son, Richard Blankenship, accepted the award on behalf of his father.

Gardner/Briggs Illustration

Phil Briggs

May 23, 2019 - 1:56 pm

Flags for Fallen Vets has a Memorial Day mission

Hear how Flags for Fallen Vets and their army of volunteers, ensure no veteran's grave site is forgotten on Memorial Day.

Ghost Army Legacy Foundation

Julia LeDoux

May 20, 2019 - 2:31 pm

Soldiers of the 'Ghost Army' helped America deceive its way to victory

They used lumber, cardboard and whatever else they could find to build phony convoys, fake divisions and make-believe headquarters that misled the Germans about the strength and location of American units.

DVIDS

Julia LeDoux

April 26, 2019 - 3:38 pm

Frederick Clinton didn't fight in just one war. He fought in three.

“They thought I was 17,” Frederick Clinton, who is now 91 and lives in Alexandria, Va., said with a chuckle. “They said 'you’re a warm body, you’ll do.’”

Phil Briggs

April 19, 2019 - 1:07 pm

Combat Camera vet recalls climbing Kilimanjaro with NFL 'Waterboys'

As a Marine Corps Combat Correspondent, Micah Snead photographed Operation Iraqi Freedom on two deployments. As a veteran, he still wanted to serve so he joined up with the Waterboys, an organization that brings together combat veterans and professional athletes to bring life-sustaining water to...

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Christmas Day in Laos with MACV-SOG, 1968

Honored WWII aerial gunner is a survivor

One of the last known Marine veterans who fought at Iwo Jima dies at 103

Marine vet who crawled across Boston Marathon finish line set to take on NYC race

President Trump mistakenly states that Kurds did not help us during World War II, here is the real story

US Veterans presented with highest Dutch military award

Flags for Fallen Vets has a Memorial Day mission

Soldiers of the 'Ghost Army' helped America deceive its way to victory

Frederick Clinton didn't fight in just one war. He fought in three.

Combat Camera vet recalls climbing Kilimanjaro with NFL 'Waterboys'

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