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A Handful of Hard Men: The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia    by Hannes Wessels Africa Unathorized With the collapse of colonialism and the European retreat from Africa the then colony of Southern Rhodesia refused to follow the political fashion of the time and succumb quietly. They decided to …

Bob Howard (the most decorated Green Beret) with his Medal of Honor. THE STORY OF THE GREEN BERET The Green Beret was originally designated in 1953 by Special Forces Major Herbert Brucker, a veteran of the OSS. Later that year, 1st Lt. Roger Pezelle adopted it as the unofficial headgear …

Enes Kanter Twitter Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter is legally changing his name to Enes Kanter Freedom, @TheAthletic@Stadium learned. Kanter will be his middle name, Freedom is his new last name. He becomes a U.S. citizen on Monday. Freedom is of Turkish ethnicity born in Switzerland. And he’s been very …

Tribute To Martha “Maggie” Raye From “Doc” Dentice – Vietnam Medic “MARTHA RAYE: VIETNAM CASUALTYMartha Raye is the only Vietnam casualty in Hollywood, surreptitously blacklistedas a warmonger for devoting ten years, on and off, working with medics under firein the field. She is a lieutenant colonel in the Green Berets, given …

Army Maj. Gen. Joshua Chamberlain FEB. 24, 2020 | BY KATIE LANGE, DOD NEWS A painting depicts Union Army Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain ordering the men of the 20th Maine Infantry to run down Little Round Top and push back the Confederate soldiers during the Battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Anyone …

“I’m a Famous Horse Thief” Joseph Medicine Crow had to touch or strike a living enemy, wrestle away an enemy’s weapon, enter an enemy camp and steal an enemy’s horse, and command a victorious war party in order to become a Tribal Chief. Born October 27, 1913 near Lodge Grass, …

The Vietnam War Sniper Known as White Feather At a young age, Carlos Norman Hathcock II would go into the woods with his dog and the Mauser his father brought back from World War II to pretend to be a soldier. Hathcock dreamed of being a Marine throughout his childhood, and on …

Actor/Director Clint Eastwood Served During Korean War | BY DAVID VERGUN, DOD NEWS Clint Eastwood in his Army uniform during the Korean War. Clint Eastwood is known to generations of Americans for the 1959  to 1966 TV series “Rawhide;” and for the so-called spaghetti western movies: “A Fistful of Dollars” (1964); “For a …

Gov Stitt Receives Security Briefing From Texas Law Enforcement Officials, Tours US-Mexico Border Governor Kevin Stitt and eight other governors received a law enforcement briefing from Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw and National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd regarding the southern border …