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In part, it was to make use of the skills he learned in war to make sure other soldiers were better trained to face combat. “Nobody understands. Only another veteran understands what it is all about,” he said. “We had no reason to be there.” When just a few people can dictate the laws to every st...Read more »
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“My wife might disagree with me on that,” Latham said. “She likes to joke for a couple of years I’d be standing up in bed in the middle of the night, trying to untie rotor blades.” This really is an endorsement about BLM. Trump has been public in his condemnation and his support for the police, a...Read more »
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As a young airman joining my first unit, my sergeant had ordered me to go to the local military supplies shop to buy, with my own money, some decent boots and a rucksack. Ten years later, the day after landing in the Gulf in green flying suits, my boss told me to go to the local tailor, who w...Read more »
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I’ve never heard of older housing getting less desirable – unless the owner has let it fall apart or something. Rather the opposite. Machin, who was married at the time with a family, was paid $3,000 — about $23,000 in today’s dollars — for his year in Vietnam. He fixed bicycles as a ...Read more »
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“If you are a veteran and you have been in combat, war changes you,” he said. “After that, I decided I wasn’t going to be close to anybody. on any given topic, they might actually "know" 10% about something – information they’ve gleaned through actual primary-research, first...Read more »
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FOREST CITY — Larry Kearney had worked at Winnebago Industries for less than a year when he received an Army draft letter. He didn’t have to wonder if blood and bodies would bother him. Withers saw a lot though his 24 months in Vietnam. This family orientated business is looking for a junior acco...Read more »
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“Some guys got so lax with what they were doing and ran into problems,” said Jim Marlow, 66. “Staying on my guard helped me survive.” Play FNV – you can do all that (except blow up a town with nuclear weapons) as you seize control of your very own city-state in a GoTesque political battle....Read more »
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Earlier this year, the FOP sent both candidates a questionnaire on their positions regarding law enforcement issues in the country. Clinton didn’t respond, a snub that did not go unnoticed. Sitting in a briefing room with Joe and Guy, sharing a brew, I was amazed at how the military mind-se...Read more »
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Once, while he was recording a message to send home to his family, mortar rounds inched closer until one “landed right on us” and he got wounded with shrapnel to the back. GARNER — A year after graduating Charles City High School, Rod Tripp found himself on perimeter guard duty 10 miles from the ...Read more »