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  • Army of One: Only one survivor of WWII's Kwajalein battle fit enough to return for 71st anniversary

    01/26/2015 10:18:51 AM PST · by Kartographer · 36 replies
    syracuse.com ^ | 1/26/15 | Michelle Breidenbach
    Don Fida, of Syracuse, visits the small boomerang-shaped Pacific island in his sleep. He remembers the way 22,000 soldiers of the 7th Infantry Division emptied a ship onto Kwajalein and worked their way across the 2.5-mile island, killing close to 5,000 Japanese and losing 177 of their own. He can picture the way a Japanese soldier crawled out of a bunker waving the underwear of a young American nurse who had been held, "worse than hostage," as he puts it. Fida said his unit rescued the woman, draped her with the clothes of a dead soldier and escorted her onto...
  • The FReeper Foxhole Remembers the 31st RCT at the Chosin Reservoir (Nov. 1950)- Nov. 27th, 2003

    11/27/2003 12:01:14 AM PST · by SAMWolf · 172 replies · 6,497+ views
    Army History Foundation ^ | Matthew J. Seelinger, AHF Research Historian
    Lord, Keep our Troops forever in Your care Give them victory over the enemy... Grant them a safe and swift return... Bless those who mourn the lost. . FReepers from the Foxhole join in prayer for all those serving their country at this time. ...................................................................................... ........................................... U.S. Military History, Current Events and Veterans Issues Where Duty, Honor and Countryare acknowledged, affirmed and commemorated. Our Mission: The FReeper Foxhole is dedicated to Veterans of our Nation's military forces and to others who are affected in their relationships with Veterans. In the FReeper Foxhole, Veterans or their family members should feel...
  • Cyanide-Shooting Guns Found in Baghdad

    04/13/2003 3:51:57 PM PDT · by kattracks · 51 replies · 848+ views
    AP | 4/13/03
    Cyanide-Shooting Guns Found in Baghdad .c The Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Soldiers searching homes in a Baath Party enclave on Sunday turned up weapons straight out of James Bond movies - among them suitcases that concealed submachine guns and air pistols that fired cyanide pellets. The men of A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, found 21 briefcases specially designed to hold Heckler and Koch MP-5K 9 mm submachine guns. The guns could be fired by pulling a trigger on the handle of the case. There were also several silencers for 9 mm pistols and a gold-plated MP-5...
  • Saddam's "Love Shack" Found

    04/12/2003 3:27:31 PM PDT · by Mister Magoo · 37 replies · 474+ views
    Sky News (UK) ^ | April 12, 2003 | Sky News
    SADDAM'S 'LOVE SHACK' US troops have discovered what they described as Saddam Hussein's "love shack" in Baghdad. Reports said the secret hideaway resembled "a playboy's fantasy straight from the 1960s". Troops said it reminded them of the Austin Powers spy spoofs. They yelled Powers' catchphrases "yeah, baaabeee" and "shagadelic" as they went from room to room. Associated Press reporters with US forces said the split-level, one bedroom house in central Baghdad had a mirrored bedroom and lamps shaped like women. On the walls were air-brushed paintings of a topless blonde woman and another of a moustached hero battling a crocodile....
  • U.S.-Led Forces Close In on Baghdad

    04/01/2003 12:40:29 AM PST · by AFPhys · 7 replies · 163+ views
    www.foxnews.com ^ | Monday, March 31, 2003 | AP
    <p>Capt. Chris Carter winced at the risks his men would have to take. Engaged in a lightning-fast raid for this Euphrates River town, they were battling for a bridge when -- through the smoke -- they saw the elderly woman. She had tried to race across the bridge when the Americans arrived, but was caught in the crossfire.</p>
  • 7th Infantry Regiment Sees First Combat

    03/24/2003 4:44:20 PM PST · by JohnHuang2 · 6 replies · 231+ views
    Reuters | Monday, March 24, 2003 | By CHRIS TOMLINSON and MICHAEL LUO
    7th Infantry Regiment Sees First Combat By CHRIS TOMLINSON and MICHAEL LUO .c The Associated Press NEAR NAJAF, Iraq (AP) - As the sun sets, nearly 3,000 vehicles are lined up single file on a highway deep inside Iraq. ``Holy ... will you look at that,'' says Capt. Chris Carter, commanding officer of A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, glancing over his shoulder. ``Looks like a traffic jam in Atlanta.'' Seated in the right hand chair in the turret of a Bradley fighting vehicle, Carter, from Watkinsville, Ga., begins singing. The five others in the vehicle hear him over...
  • 7th Infantry Regiment Sees First Combat

    03/24/2003 4:15:36 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 7 replies · 153+ views
    Associated Press ^ | 3-24-03 | CHRIS TOMLINSON and MICHAEL LUO
    NEAR NAJAF, Iraq - As the sun sets, nearly 3,000 vehicles are lined up single file on a highway deep inside Iraq. "Holy ... will you look at that," says Capt. Chris Carter, commanding officer of A Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, glancing over his shoulder. "Looks like a traffic jam in Atlanta." Seated in the right hand chair in the turret of a Bradley fighting vehicle, Carter, from Watkinsville, Ga., begins singing. The five others in the vehicle hear him over their headsets, the only way possible because of the roar of the diesel engine and the clack-clack...