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Campaigning with the Buffalo Soldiers by David Dixon [see source at http://www.sru.edu/depts/scc/Buffalo/Campaigning.htm] Dr. David Dixon is an associate professor of history at Slippery Rock University. His courses include The American West, Indians of the United States, and The American Civil War. For his book, Hero of Beecher Island, Dr. Dixon received the Spur Award from the Western Writers of America as the best non-fiction author of 1994. This page is used with permission. On August 10, 1868, a war party of over 200 Lakotas, Cheyennes, and Arapahos swept down on the unsuspecting settlers of the Solomon and Saline Valleys in...

Wreck of Famed WWII Destroyer USS Johnston May Have Been Found By: Ben Werner October 30, 2019 5:15 PM • Updated: October 31, 2019 4:29 PM The following post has been updated to correct the number of ships involved in the Battle of Samar. A few days past the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Samar, researchers from Vulcan Inc.’s research vessel R/V Petrel believe they’ve found wreckage from the engagement’s famed Fletcher-class destroyer, USS Johnston (DD-557). Images of twisted metal, a destroyed deck gun, a propeller shaft and other less recognizable debris were posted to Petrel’s Facebook page Wednesday,...

Remains Of WWII Coast Guard POW Return Home After 77 Years By: Ben Werner October 31, 2019 4:12 PM Lt. James Crotty as an ensign aboard a Coast Guard cutter. Crotty served aboard several cutters and on both coasts of the U.S. including Alaska before departing for the South Pacific. The remains of Lt. Thomas Crotty are scheduled to arrive in his hometown Buffalo, N.Y. on Friday, 77 years after dying in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. Japanese captured Crotty after the fall of Corregidor, where he fought alongside Navy, Marine Corps and Army personnel in defense of the...

Life as the liberals like to remind us is 'complex'. Sometimes they are right. The following is a rough account of Lt Robert Frishman's rough journey through combat and captivity in North Viet Nam. Combat aviators , what say you. Prisoners Of War: ‘You Talk To the Rats’ Sept. 27, 1970 Prisoners Of War: ‘You Talk To the Rats’ CreditThe New York Times Archives September 27, 1970, Section E, Page 2 WASHINGTON — “The worst part of captivity is the isolation. “You talk to the rats, you talk to the wall. After six months you don't know if you're crazy....

Vietnam Fighter Pilot Finally Comes Home By Cory Angell, West Point Garrison Public Affairs / Published June 20, 2018 Lt. Col. Robert Marsi, West Point Garrison chaplain, led those gathered in prayer at the conclusion of the ceremony and noted what an honor it was to celebrate the life of Maj. White, “an American Hero.” WEST POINT, N.Y. (AFNS) -- Maj. James Blair White went missing in Southeast Asia on Nov. 24, 1969. He was finally laid to rest at West Point alongside of his mother, father and brother, June 19, 2018. His wife, Sharon Cook, and daughter, Katherine White,...

<p>The frontier between colonial India and Afghanistan in the 19th century was a place of danger and unrest. In 1897, at a small outpost called Saragarhi, 40 miles away from the British garrison town of Kohat (in what is now Pakistan), 21 Sikh soldiers stood their ground against an onslaught of 10,000 enemy tribesmen. Their gallantry in fighting to the bitter end cemented their reputation as brave and devoted to their duty, and the soldiers were recognised by the British with memorials, a battle honour and a regimental holiday. So why was Saragarhi viewed with such significance, and how is it still relevant today?</p>

Everything a foreigner needs to know to become a soldier in the Russian Armed Forces SCIENCE & TECH SEPT 26 2019 NIKOLAI LITOVKIN To put it simple: you'll need to be a good and strong person with no legal issues back home. In 2015, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing any foreign citizens to join the country’s Armed Forces. So, If you’re itching to start running with a brand new AK-12 in notorious Ratnik-2 battle gear, here’s what you need to know and what you need to do. Passport Since 2015, you DON’T need a Russian passport to...

When Admiral Tryon gave the order that positioned both mighty war vessels Victoria and Camperdown on a collision course, he made a huge mistake. So huge that it cost the lives of more than 350 crew members. The Victoria now is the only shipwreck worldwide that is positioned vertically on the seabed. On 22nd June 1893, standing on the bridge of his flagship, HMS Victoria, Admiral Tryon was the commander of the biggest battleships of the biggest Marine/Navy worldwide. Having the coastline of Tripoli, Lebanon, already in view, the Admiral commanded his fleet to turn around. At a distance of...

Colonel James Helms Kasler One of the great heroes of Rolling Thunder was an Air Force F-105D pilot who led the big strike on 29 June 1966… later he was shot down (8 August) and finished the war as a POW…even planned an escape…Colonel James Helms Kasler Colonel James H Kasler Enlisting in the United States Army Air Forces toward the end of World War II, Kasler flew seven missions as a B-29 Superfortress tail gunner. With the end of the war Kasler used his veteran’s benefits to complete his college degree before returning to the newly formed United States...

20 September 2019 Eleven Letters Honor POW’s Hidden Wound Capt. E. Alan Brudno, USAF, a 1958 graduate of NQHS, joined the U.S. Air Force with the hope that he would one day explore Mars as a member of the Astronaut Program. On October 18, 1965, on his 33rd mission over Vinh, North Vietnam, his F-4 Phantom jet was shot down and he became one of the longest held POWs in America’s history. He returned home in February 1973 deeply scarred by his captivity. He was posthumously awarded two Silver Stars, the Legion of Merit, two Bronze Stars, the Distinguished Flying...

USS George Washington More Than Halfway Through RCOH, Will Leave Dry Dock Next Month By: Megan Eckstein August 27, 2019 12:42 PM The final piece of the new main mast of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) is installed at Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding, March 15, 2019. The 34-foot upper mast section raises the ship’s distinctive profile 123 feet above the flight deck. Huntington Ingalls Industries photo. Aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) is more than halfway through its refueling and complex overhaul and is set to leave the dry dock at Newport News Shipbuilding next...

US Troops Deprived of Hot Meals, In-Door Toilets as They Train for Possible Conflict With Russia, China 22:02 28.08.2019 Tim Korso In its latest defence strategy guidelines, Washington outlined Russia and China as two possible adversaries in a real-life conflict and has since been conducting numerous military drills in a bid to prepare for a possible war. US Air Force crewmen were forced to live and train under unusually harsh conditions during their stay at Poland's Powidz Air Base, being cut off from running water, hot meals, and indoor toilets, the media outlet Defence News reported, citing US Colonel Donn...

E / MAGAZINE / 1980 / VOLUME 32, ISSUE 1 / CULPABLE NEGLIGENCE Culpable Negligence A SUBMARINE COMMANDER TELLS WHY WE ALMOST LOST THE PACIFIC WAR Edward L. Beach December 1980 Volume 32 Issue 1 My surreptitiously retained file of war-patrol reports of Trigger , Tirante , and Piper (submarine numbers 237, 420, and 409) still makes fascinating reading, to me at least. Trigger (SS 237), completed at Mare Island, California, early in 1942, started her career slowly, but as we learned our dreadful business her improvement was steady. Before she died, a tired old submarine at age three years,...

The Grunion mystery, solved at last Matt Grills | The American Legion MAR 19, 2010 Nearly three years after USS Grunion (SS 216) was found off the Aleutian Islands, Bruce Abele continues to puzzle over what sank his fatherÂ’s submarine in the early days of World War II. In 2006, Abele and his two younger brothers, John and Brad, made headlines when an ocean-surveying firm they hired to scan the floor of the Bering Sea sent them an image of an oblong object with features resembling a conning tower and periscope mast. The next summer, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV)...

US Submarine That Vanished on 1st Mission in WWII Is Found Off Alaskan Islands By Laura Geggel 22 days ago History Nearly 80 years ago, the USS Grunion submarine sank on its inaugural mission during World War II, taking the lives of 70 sailors with it as it plunged to the bottom of the Pacific. Now, after years of searching, a team looking for WWII-era submarines has found the Grunion's bow about 2,700 feet (820 meters) under the water's surface, off the coast of the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Upon finding the long-lost bow, the team used autonomous underwater vehicles...

The Man From Thud Ridge MARCH 2012 BY JOHN T. CORRELL Jack Broughton sacrificed his Air Force career to protect two of his pilots. When Air Force Col. Jacksel M. Broughton arrived for duty at Takhli Air Base in Thailand in September 1966, Rolling Thunder—the air war against North Vietnam—was entering its hottest phase. Broughton, 41, looked like a sure bet to go far: a West Point graduate, 114 combat missions in Korea, commander of the USAF Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team, commander of an air defense interceptor squadron, combat ready in every fighter from the P-47 to the F-106, and...

The Roman Ninth Legion's mysterious loss 16 March 2011 The disappearance of Rome's Ninth Legion has long baffled historians, but could a brutal ambush have been the event that forged the England-Scotland border, asks archaeologist Dr Miles Russell, of Bournemouth University. One of the most enduring legends of Roman Britain concerns the disappearance of the Ninth Legion. The theory that 5,000 of Rome's finest soldiers were lost in the swirling mists of Caledonia, as they marched north to put down a rebellion, forms the basis of a new film, The Eagle, but how much of it is true? It is...

CPT Frank Beckwith Tucker BIRTH 16 Aug 1924 Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA DEATH 29 Sep 1951 (aged 27) North Korea BURIAL Zion Episcopal Churchyard Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA MEMORIAL ID 27668589 · View Source SHARE SAVE TOSUGGEST EDITS MEMORIAL PHOTOS 3 CPT Frank Beckwith Tucker BIRTH 16 Aug 1924 Welch, McDowell County, West Virginia, USA DEATH 29 Sep 1951 (aged 27) North Korea BURIAL Zion Episcopal Churchyard Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA USMA Class of 1946, Captain Tucker commanded Company A, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division. He was Killed in...

Where is the grave of Revolutionary War hero Captain Margaret Corbin? BY STRANGEREMAINS on JULY 4, 2018 A contractor tasked with constructing a new retaining wall for the Molly Corbin Enhancement Project at the West Point Cemetery disturbed Corbin’s burial in October of 2016. Captain Margaret “Molly” Corbin is the Revolutionary War hero who took over her husband’s canon when he was killed during the Battle of Fort Washington. She is considered one of the inspirations for folk hero Molly Pitcher. The bones recovered from Corbin’s grave were analyzed by a forensic anthropologist and the results surprised a lot of...

<p>WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish officials joined war veterans on Sunday to pay tribute to a World War II-era underground force that collaborated with Nazi German forces toward the end of the war in their battle against the Communists, who were imposing control on the nation.</p>