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Police call profit: Soldiers sold 29,000 pounds of brass to scrapyard
A scrapyard agreed to pay to resolve allegations it sold shell casings it improperly received from two soldiers and an Army civilian employee.
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Military History
29th Marine Commandant Al Gray’s personal items set for auction
Among the items are awards, decorations, dog tags and commemorative weapons.
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Actor Idris Elba discusses suppressed stories of D-Day’s Black vets
Actor Idris Elba and director Shianne Brown spoke to Military Times to discuss their latest collaboration, "Erased: WWII Heroes Of Color."
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Excerpt: ‘Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War’
Marty Skovlund Jr. and Joe Kent detail the journey of Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent, a special operations trailblazer killed in Syria.
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Graphic novel tells story of Army captain who tackled suicide bomber
New graphic novel tells story of how Medal of Honor recipient Capt. Florent Groberg saved countless lives.
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New rocket rounds give Marines ways to stay hidden while firing
The current version of the launcher creates a bright flash and large smoke cloud when fired, potentially giving away the position of Marines.
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For data in their sights, US special ops seek military Google Glass
The device would work day or night as well as with existing night vision gear.
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He was first to report V-E Day — then he was fired for it
AP war correspondent Edward Kennedy landed the biggest scoop of his career — while simultaneously ruining it.
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First look at Kate Winslet as WWII combat photographer Lee Miller
The story of prolific World War II photographer Lee Miller, who documented the horrors at Dachau, is coming to the big screen.
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‘May the 4th be with you’: How World War II influenced ‘Star Wars’
One does not have to stray far to glean that the galaxy of “Star Wars” is rife with WWII-based allegories.
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The Holocaust survivor who became a Medal of Honor recipient
Tibor Rubin had a history of defying the Reaper.
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New tech aims to make Marines more lethal shooters
The tools include shot tracking, instant feedback, new simulators and devices that improve technique.
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The Marine officer who saved 8,000 lives at the ‘Frozen Chosin’
'To me, it didn’t matter whether those were Chinese, Korean, Mongolian, whatever — they were the enemy.'
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The Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient died rescuing Marines
When asked if he could go back and extract the overwhelmed Marines from Guadalcanal, the 22-year-old Munro reportedly gave a confident, “Hell, yeah!”
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The man who made Belleau Wood — and the Marine Corps — immortal
Floyd Gibbons made history when his dispatch got past the wartime censor.
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Air Force says ‘see ya later’ to gator happily blocking plane’s wheels
Officials relocated an alligator at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to a nearby river after it wandered onto the flightline.
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MacArthur still endures as a larger-than-life figure — for good or ill
Few subjects in military history are more loaded than public perception of Douglas MacArthur.
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