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My Father passed away on 12 Feb 2007. He was a retired Colonel. He started life as an a Army brat born at Ft Monroe, Va. His father was a career Army Officer and every paternal grandfather with the exception on one has served in the military back to the revolutionay war. Our family has served the military in every war with the exception of the Spanish American War in 1898. He graduated from West Point and started his career with the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment in Germany during WWII. He served in both the Korean(187 Regimental Combat Team ABN)...

THE nation's defence chief has endorsed plans to recruit older Australians into the military. But Defence head Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston today said there would be no over-55 infantrymen in frontline units. The proposal to raise the recruitment age is among a range of measures flagged today by Defence Minister Brendan Nelson as the Australian Defence Force struggles to attract and retain personnel. Air Chief Marshal Houston tody said the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) employed many over-55s in specialist areas and the reserve case by case. The time was right to consider lifting the retirement age of 55...

CLEVELAND - A group of World War II veterans won't get to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France next month the way they wanted - the Army decided they're too old to safely parachute into Normandy. "I am depressed. I was really looking forward to it," said Howard Greenberg, 79. "My reason for wanting to do it was to honor two Jewish friends