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Pentagon looks beyond primes for cheaper drones
Defense One· 4 days agoThe Pentagon has picked four non-traditional defense contractors to develop drones that can be produced en masse and “on-call,” acknowledging that...
The Forgotten Hero of D-Day
Politico via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWaverly Woodson treated men for 30 hours on Omaha Beach. But his heroic record that day became a casualty of entrenched racism, wartime bureaucracy and Pentagon record-keeping.
'My father fought on D-Day beaches - one unearthed interview left me in tears'
Daily Express· 3 days agoEyewitness accounts leave us in no doubt about quite how brutal June 6, 1944 was for so many. Marine...
'All I could see was his gravestone - he was only 21'
BBC News· 7 days agoTo mark the upcoming 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings, BBC News NI has spoken to two...
Profiles Of Valor: SFC Christopher Celiz (USA)
The Chattanoogan· 6 days agoAfter graduation, Chris entered the Military College of South Carolina (The Citadel). SFC Celiz was first assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 7th...
Saving Private Ryan: How iconic scene 'shook' Wexford beach
BBC News· 3 days agoIn 1997, the usually peaceful Curracloe Beach in County Wexford was transformed into a scene of...
Black Army medic who saved 200 troops on D-Day awarded Distinguished Service Cross
Task & Purpose· 4 days agoCorporal Waverly Woodson was 21 on June 6, 1944, when he landed on Omaha Beach as a combat medic...
D-Day: the biggest seaborne invasion in history
Press Association News via AOL· 7 days agoRoyal Marine commandos moving off Sword beach (PA) Even light injuries could prove fatal, with wounded men, heavily weighed down... Bradley had been at...
Washington conservatives battling over contested Semi Bird military accommodations | FOX 28 Spokane
FOX 28 Spokane· 4 days agoWashington gubernatorial candidate Semi Bird (R) finds himself in the midst of controversy over his...
Honored 80 years later: Awards for Clayton Houff come years after losing his life in World War II
Austin Daily Herald, Minn. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJun. 4—In September of 1943, Clayton Houff, of Austin, enlisted in the United States Navy at the age of 17, joining his brothers in fighting in World War II. Not even a year later, Houff was ...