Puller's six crosses are next in number to the eight times Eddie Rickenbacker received the nation's second-highest military award for valor.Puller retired from the Marine Corps in 1955, after 37 years of service. He lived in Virginia and died in 1971, at age 73. Also ranks #7 on The ...
1929's Christmas will be remembered for a great blaze in the nation’s capital. As a children’s Christmas party took place for President Hoover’s aides and friends, the West Wing executive offices caught fire. Despite the four-alarmer bringing some 130 firefighters to the White House, the...
While the rest of the Egyptian officer corps returned home to acclaim and decorations, the Americans were ordered to remain at the Red Sea port of Massawa through the brutal summer heat. When they were finally allowed to return to Cairo, they found the Turko-Circassian officers had prepared t...
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The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps were working with Australian authorities to investigate the incident, the Navy said. (MORE:The World's 10 Most Amazing Coral Reefs) A 7th Fleet spokesman did not immediately respond on Sunday when asked by email whether the dumping posed any environmental risk...