Maj. Ed Freeman died this week at the age of 80. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his daring flying in the Ia Drang Valley as recounted in the book and movie "We Were Soldiers." Read journalist Joe Galloway's remembrance here.
Maj. Ed Freeman died this week at the age of 80. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his daring flying in the Ia Drang Valley as recounted in the book and movie "We Were Soldiers." Read journalist Joe Galloway's remembrance here.
For a far more eloquent and thoughtful riposte to Sen. Tom Harkin's smear of John McCain than mine, read this over at Villanous Company.
Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat and Vietnam-era veteran, has decided to make a royal donkey's hindquarters out of himself. Republican presidential candidate John McCain's family background as the son and grandson of admirals has given him a worldview shaped by the military, "and he has a hard time thinking beyond that," Sen. Tom Harkin, […]
Marine Sgt. Merlin German has died due to complications from surgery, three years after he was horribly injured by an IED in Iraq. RIP.
P.J. O'Rourke spends 24 hours on the USS Teddy Roosevelt aircraft carrier. Landing on an aircraft carrier was the most fun I'd ever had with my trousers on. And the 24 hours that I spent aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt--the "Big Stick"--were an equally unalloyed pleasure. I love big, moving machinery. And machinery doesn't get […]
Michael A. Monsoor was awarded the Medal of Honor, posthumously, today by President George W. Bush.
Even if they're 84 years old. SANTA ROSA - A boy in his mid-teens learned Wednesday afternoon that it is not a good idea to try to rob a former U.S. Marine at knifepoint, even if the former Marine is 84 years old, police said today. Santa Rosa police Sgt. Steve Bair said that's what […]
From Sen. Barack Obama's announcement for president, Feb. 10, 2007: Most of all, let's be the generation that never forgets what happened on that September day and confront the terrorists with everything we've got. Politics doesn't have to divide us on this anymore - we can work together to keep our country safe. I've worked […]
The remains of Sgt. Matt Maupin, captured by terrorists four years ago, have been found.