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February's Veteran Flag honors PFC Roy who was killed by friendly fire in Vietnam
During the month of February, the 65th Lights for Peace flag to fly at the Fort Taber - Fort Rodman Military Museum honors ...
Remembering Full Metal Jacket’s Rafterman, and the actor who brought him to life
Kevyn Major Howard played Rafterman in "Full Metal Jacket," a Vietnam War movie that inspired a generation of Marines to ...
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‘Full Metal Jacket’ actor who portrayed Rafterman dies at age 69
Kevyn Major Howard, who played Rafterman, a Marine and a Stars and Stripes combat photographer in the 1987 film “Full Metal ...
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February's Veteran Flag honors PFC Roy who was killed by friendly fire in Vietnam
Roy, who was KIA on Dec. 5 ... PFC Peter W. Roy USMC died 5 December 1967 in the vicinity of Quang Tri, Republic of Vietnam. He sustained a gunshot wound to the neck from rifle fire when he ...
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Black veterans' photos, memorabilia sought for All Wars Memorial Building's 100th anniversary
The All Wars Memorial Building, which opened in 1925, served as a hospital for Black soldiers in World War II and now serves ...
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When uncommon valor was common…
He turned 19, digging a foxhole in the black sand. Many of his fellow Marines never lived to see their 19th or 20th birthdays ...
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USMC AH-1Z Viper Fires New Missile in Long-Range Precision Fire Capability Test
NAVAIR (Naval Air Systems Command) announced on Feb. 13, 2025 that it has tested a mysterious new Long Range Precision Fire (LRPF) missile from a U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper in Nov. 2024 at the ...