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Alexander Haig died yesterday morning at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Raised at Philadelphia, he spent two years at Notre Dame before transferring to West Point(1947). He served on Douglas MacArthur's staff in Korea, participated in and was...
I received this from a family member this morning, although I checked it through my normal sources, considering the source as well as the author, I have very little doubt of it’s authenticity. Burial at Sea by Lt. Col. George Goodson, USMC (Ret...
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Nov 24, 2009) — A U.S. Army Special Forces National Guard Soldier was killed Nov. 23 as a result of an improvised explosive device strike to his all-terrain vehicle, while conducting a combat patrol in the vicinity...
RELEASE NUMBER: 091029-03 DATE POSTED: OCTOBER 29, 2009 PRESS RELEASE: USASOC Soldiers killed in Helicopter Crash U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Oct. 29, 2009) — Seven U.S. Army Special...
William Safire was born at New York City on 17 December 1929 and died from pancreatic cancer last Sunday. He graduated from Bronx High School of Science, then attended Syracuse University for two years. Despite dropping out, he delivered the commencement...
RELEASE NUMBER: 090917-02 DATE POSTED: SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 PRESS RELEASE: Special Forces Group Soldiers killed in IED Strike U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, Sept. 17, 2009) — Three...
Edward M. Kennedy was born at Brookline, Massachusetts on 22 February 1932 and died at his Hyannis Port, Massachusetts home late on Tuesday night, 25 August 2009. Born to a large wealthy family, Teddy was the youngest of nine, his three brothers all met...
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born at Southampton, New York on this day in 1929. Her father was a playboy stock broker ("Black Jack" Bouvier), her mother the daughter of a bank president. She attended the finest private schools before two years...
RELEASE NUMBER: 090720-01 DATE POSTED: JULY 20, 2009 PRESS RELEASE: Army Ranger killed in action U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, July 20, 2009) — An Army Ranger died July 18 from...
Walter Cronkite, born at St. Joseph, Missouri on 4 November 1916, died last evening at New York City. While in high school at Houston, Texas he was a cub reporter at the Houston Post, and had a paper route, possibly the only journalist to deliver his...
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