Army Capt. David Rozelle loosens his belt buckle, the one his commander gave him on the eve of the Iraq war, to reveal a 16-word inscription: "Brave Rifles! Veterans!You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel."
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Great entertainers like Bob Hope come around once a century.When Hope died July 27 from pneumonia — two months after his 100th birthday — President Bush ordered flags lowered to half-staff."America has lost a great citizen," Bush said.Hope's seven-decade
Continue reading >>On August 2,1990, Iraqi troops drive east to Kuwait City and start killing soldiers and civilians and capturing gold-heavy palaces and expensive German sedans—though it is likely that the Iraqi atroc- ities are being exaggerated by Kuwaitis and Saudis and
Continue reading >>I go to the basement and open my ruck. The basement is in Iowa, after a long, harsh winter, and deep in the ruck where I reach for my cammies, I still feel the cold of February.
Continue reading >>The night of Sept. 21, 1987, Army HH-60 helicopters operating from the USS Guadalcanal strafed the Ajr, an Iranian mine-laying ship.
Continue reading >>In quiet, confident voices, six of the nearly 8,000 special operations soldiers, sailors and airmen sent to the war zone detailed the key, but costly, role they played in the allied victory.
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