Atrium Village Salutes Veteran Residents with Honor Wall
Owings Mills, MD – Rosemary Woods has mixed feelings, when she looks back on her enlistment as an X-ray technician
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Vietnam
Toxic Exposure at Camp Lejeune, Responsible for Debilitating Health Problems Among Veterans
Since 1942, the mission of Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, has been to prepare and train Marines and sailors for major conflicts such as World War II. The military base also was essential for deploying service members to Vietnam. Roughly 216,348 military members from North Carolina were sent to fight in the Vietnam War, most of those trained at Camp Lejeune. Unfortunately, 1,302 were killed in action, and 300 died from other causes.
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Living History Detachment Exemplifies Marine ‘Esprit de Corps’
PARRIS ISLAND, SC – Perhaps no single image from World War II epitomized the resolve of the U. S. Marines
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We Must Believe in Our Ability to Work Together to Solve Our Toughest Problems
On Memorial Day, 1945, the war in Europe had ended but the fighting in the Pacific continued, Lt. Gen. Lucian
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Army Historian Repurposes Propaganda Posters in Battle Against COVID-19
WASHINGTON, D.C. — When President Trump issued the call for America to get on a war footing akin to the
Read moreWe Survived Nixon and LBJ and We Will Survive Trump
If you think America’s angry and divided in the age of Donald Trump, you’re right. If you think we’ve never been through such bitterness before this, you’re wrong.
Read moreNever Forget Kent State: 50 Years Ago Today
This poster called for a student strike on May 4, 1970. Students across the United States protested in response to
Read moreJFK’s committment to open government may have killed him, and that assassination gave us the Vietnam War
Dear Editor, We, the People, were lied to by our own government in a massive effort of obfuscation/cover-up after the
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Jackson and Beirut
In 2008, while working for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, I traveled to Mississippi, as a “released staff” to
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Military Vehicle Preservation Association: Keeping History Rolling Along
A Packard truck on display at the 2019 Military Vehicle Preservation Association Convention in York, PA. (Anthony C. Hayes) When
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