Despite his injuries, Levitow dragged the burning fuse to an open door and dropped it out of the plane seconds before it ignited. He saved the aircraft and crew, and was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
The communications director for the Alabama senator said the report of separation indicated Tuberville was part of the 746th Tank Battalion and his date of arrival in theater is listed as June 6, 1944. The Post, however, did confirm that Tuberville's father, was awarded a Purple Heart. ...
cynical move for Dems to boost the most radical Republicans—and it paid off. The most effective (i.e.: dangerous) Republican candidate is someone reasonable like Virginia governor
1, 2009. He was in the 19th Infan- try Regiment in the Philippines and Japan; awarded the Bronze Star. His first wife Edmee Boddeker died Jan. 1967; in 1976, he moved to Leadville, CO where he married. Mrs. Louise Barth, Colorado Springs, CO. Maynard A. Birkholz, 87, of Omro,...
Placing a coin on headstones of a service member or veteran is a show of respect and honor, as well as letting the deceased service member’s family know someone was there, but the denomination of the coins each has a distinct and significant meaning. ...
Some time around 1650BC, according to a fresco which has survived since the Bronze Age, man began using gloves. Centuries later boxing became the big stakes, big money sport that it is today. And, oh yes, there is still a lot of blood....