'Nature doesn’t always give us a happy ending': Seal rescued from Middletown beach dies
Marine Mammal Stranding Center says the seal was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 19 after it was found consuming beach on the sand in Middletown.
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DOD webpages celebrating legendary minority troops to be restored after being scrubbed from sites
Webpages detailing the history of legendary minority service members will be restored to the Defense Department’s online ...
80 years since one of the bloodiest Pacific battles of World War II
80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection unit renamed to honor slain agent
March 7 (UPI) --The U.S. Customs and Border Protection renamed one of its Air and Marine Operations units Thursday in honor of an agent who died in the line of duty. In a press release ...
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Fort Worth acquires 11.5 acres for new park in suburban neighborhood
An aerial shot of the future Paloma Park, less than a mile from Marine Creek Reservoir. Fort Worth purchased the property Feb. 25 for around $3 million. Courtesy of the City of Fort Worth Fort ...
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Military families struggle with chronic power outages at Navy base in Japan
Base spokesman Justin Keller, in a Tuesday email to Stars and Stripes, said the power outages were connected. “When one line fails, it can put additional stress on surrounding and connected ...
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80 years ago Marines raised flag over Iwo Jima in iconic moment
On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history. Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up ...
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The Story Behind the World-Famous Photograph of U.S. Marines Raising the American Flag During the Battle of Iwo Jima
In 2016 and 2019, the U.S. Marine Corps corrected the identities ... Harold Schultz and Harold Keller, all Marines. Three of the participants, Strank, Block and Sousley, went on to die in later ...
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Marine awarded Navy Cross at Vietnam War’s Battle of Hue remembered as ‘magnificent,’ humble leader
Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. As a captain in charge of a Marine rifle company in early 1968, Myron Harrington earned a Silver Star and, a week later, a Navy Cross for bravery and ...