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Marine Capt. Livingston, under fire, led the charge into enemy territory to rescue Marines

Can’t Livingston General Livingston For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Commanding Officer, Company E, in action against enemy forces. MOH JAMES EVERETTE LIVINGSTON Company E launched a determined assault on the heavily fortified village of …

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Col. Cohn, Fugitive from Nazi Germany, served in U.S. Army, WWII, Korea and Nam

Frank Cohn, left, with an Army buddy during World War II. Patriot Joined U.S. Army After Fleeing Nazi Germany NOV. 9, 2021 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS WWII veteran Frank Cohn was born Aug. 2, 1925, in Breslau, Germany, the only child of Martin and Ruth Cohn.  Cohn’s father owned a …

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Texas Army won the battle at San Jacinto in 18 minutes: Texas gained independence from Mexico.

Texas. Library of Congress Sam Houston and the Battle for Texas Independence “Remember the Alamo” All information in the report based on LOC Sam Houston served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governor of Tennessee when he moved to Texas in 1832. At the time he arrived, Texas was …

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Army Ranger Veteran, Singer, Songwriter, Actor Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson, poses in his Army uniform sometime in the early 1960s. Sports Heroes Who Served: Singer, Songwriter, Actor Kris Kristofferson Is Also an Army Veteran MARCH 23, 2021 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS Kris Kristofferson is a famous singer-songwriter and actor. He is also an award-winning college athlete, a Rhodes …

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Navy SEALs 1st Commander, “Shark Man of the Delta” has died

Rogue Warrior Richard Marcinko@FUBARMarcinko  · Writer Rogue Warrior’s Shark Man of the Delta It is with great sadness to learn of the passing of Commander Richard “Dick” Marcinko (Demo Dick; Shark Man of the Delta; Rogue Warrior) on 25 Dec 2021. A retired Navy SEAL commander and Vietnam War veteran, CDR Marcinko …

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Army Officer Alan Alda’s show was based on M*A*S*H’ units in Korean War

Cast of the TV series “M*A*S*H” pictured in a 1972 season premier photo. Alan Alda is left center. photos Courtesy CBS via DOD M*A*S*H’s Alan Alda Was an Army Officer in Korea and Played One on TV DEC. 15, 2021 | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS Six-time Emmy Award-winning actor Alan Alda …

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Sports Heroes Who Served: Famous Race Car Driver Also Served in Vietnam

Harris “Hurley” Haywood Sports Heroes Who Served: Famous Race Car Driver Also Served in Vietnam DEC. 14, 2021 | BY DAVE VERGUN & T. ANTHONY BELL, ARMY Harris “Hurley” Haywood is a world-class race car driver and a Vietnam veteran. Haywood, born in 1948, said he got his ambition for automobiles when …

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Who Killed his father, Robert F. Kennedy Sr.

Governor Gavin Newsom will soon decide the fate of Sirhan Sirhan, the man convicted of killing my father, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, in 1968. After more than 50 years in prison, the state’s own psychiatrists and the parole board deem that Sirhan poses no threat to society. ………… sirhan sirhan …

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A MAGNIFICENT FIGHT: Marines in the Battle for Wake Island

A MAGNIFICENT FIGHT: Marines in the Battle for Wake Islandby Robert J. Cressman NPS DOD‘A Difficult Thing To Do’Even as deliberations proceeded to determine the fate of the relief efforts, the men on Wake, ignorant of what was transpiring at Pearl Harbor and on the bridges of Task Force 14’s …

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The Legacy of Pat Tillman; shot and killed in Afghanistan 2004

The day after the attacks of September 11, 2001, Pat told a reporter, “At times like this you stop and think about just how good we have it, what kind of system we live in, and the freedoms we are allowed. A lot of my family has gone and fought …

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