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The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More Weight Than Ever

Posted By: adminvmemorialon: October 26, 2020In: StoriesNo Comments
The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More Weight Than Ever

The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More Weight Than Ever Technology was supposed to be the solution. Instead, it added to the problem. By David Hambling – Dec 26, 2018... Read more

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500 Marines Were Facing Certain Death

Posted By: adminvmemorialon: October 24, 2019In: StoriesNo Comments
500 Marines Were Facing Certain Death

500 Marines Were Facing Certain Death – to Save Them This Coastguard Made the Ultimate Sacrifice From an article written by Ken Macdonald In 1942, the Pacific Island of Guadalcanal was a par... Read more

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World War 2 in Numbers

Posted By: adminvmemorialon: July 17, 2019In: StoriesNo Comments
World War 2 in Numbers

WORLD WAR 2 IN NUMBERS THE WAR WAS ONE OF THE DEADLIEST IN HISTORY. MILLIONS FOUGHT AND, SADLY, MILLIONS DIED. NO CONTINENT OR OCEAN WAS LEFT UNTOUCHED. THE NUMBER OF DEATHS WERE BETWEEN 70... Read more

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The Boy Who Became a World War II Veteran at 13 Years Old

Posted By: adminvmemorialon: March 22, 2019In: StoriesNo Comments
The Boy Who Became a World War II Veteran at 13 Years Old

In 1942, Seaman Calvin Graham was decorated for valor in battle. By Gilbert King SMITHSONIAN.COM DECEMBER 19, 2012 With powerful engines, extensive firepower and heavy armor, the newly chris... Read more

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Women in Combat

Posted By: adminvmemorialon: March 19, 2019In: StoriesNo Comments
Women in Combat

Leigh Ann Hester – Distinguished Service Cross Of all the women to be decorated for valor since 1900, Leigh Ann Hester is arguably the best known. She is also the only one not to have... Read more

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John Wayne, Elvis and ‘The Deer Hunter:’ Green Beret’s Vietnam service was nothing like the movies

Posted By: adminvmemorialon: February 19, 2019In: StoriesNo Comments
John Wayne, Elvis and ‘The Deer Hunter:’ Green Beret’s Vietnam service was nothing like the movies

The following article on David Pristash, commander of American Legion Post #801 By Brian Albrecht, The Plain Dealer | Posted January 20, 2019 at 05:00 AM | Updated January 21, 2019 at 06:09... Read more

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Books I Have Read

Posted By: adminvmemorialon: October 16, 2018In: StoriesNo Comments
Books I Have Read

I have read/viewed/listened to many books to try to convey on the conflict monuments going into the Veterans Memorial Park in Macedonia, OH what veterans endured in each of the wars that Ame... Read more

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Pfc. Dan Bullock was the youngest American killed in the Vietnam War

Posted By: adminvmemorialon: April 17, 2018In: StoriesNo Comments
Pfc. Dan Bullock was the youngest American killed in the Vietnam War

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Dan Bullock was 15 years old when he was killed in action in the Quang Nam province of South Vietnam in 1969, making him the youngest American casualty of the Vietnam... Read more

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The World Undone

Posted By: adminvmemorialon: March 25, 2018In: StoriesNo Comments
The World Undone

November 11, 2018 100th Anniversary of the Armistice Ending World War I Fighting ceased at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. It was called the ‘Great War”... Read more

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The First to Fall

Posted By: adminvmemorialon: December 05, 2017In: StoriesNo Comments
The First to Fall

Seventy-five years ago, Ensign William L. Halloran was the first Knight of Columbus killed in World War II by J.C. Sullivan “The telegram arrived at 2:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, 1941... Read more

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