Today’s post is in honor of Sgt. Jarrod W. Black, who was killed by an improvised explosive device on this day in 2003 in Ramadi, Iraq. Black, 26, of Peru, …
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Today’s post is in honor of Spc. Marshall L. Edgerton, who was killed when suicide bombers attacked his camp in Ramadi, Iraq on this day in 2003. The 27-year-old native …
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Today’s post is in honor of Staff Sgt. Wesley R. Williams, who on this date in 2012, was killed by an improvised explosive device in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Williams, 25, of …
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As Japanese pilots returned to their carriers on 7 December 1941 following their attack on Pearl Harbor, they left behind a destroyed American fleet. American sailors, soldiers, and Marines enjoying …
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Today’s post is in honor of Spc. Micah S. Gifford, who on this day in 2006 was killed by an improvised explosive device attack in Baghdad. The 27-year-old native of …
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Today’s post is in honor of Sgt. 1st Class Allan E. Brown, who on this day in 2016 died of wounds sustained during an improvised explosive device attack in Bagram, …
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Today’s post is in honor of Pfc. Andrew M. Ward, who was killed on this day in 2004 by enemy small-arms fire in Ramadi, Iraq. Ward, 25, of Kirkland, Wash. …
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Today’s post is in honor of Sgt. John J. Savage, who on this day in 2008, died of wounds from an improvised explosive device attack on his vehicle in Mosul, …
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1804: Marine Corps 1st Lt. Presley O’Bannon, William Eaton, Navy Midshipman George Mann, and seven Marines land at Alexandria, Egypt with the intention of overthrowing the ruler of Tripoli. Five …
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Today’s post is in honor of the six Army soldiers killed by a rogue Afghan policeman on this date in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province in 2010. All were assigned to 1st Squadron, …