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Navajo Code Talker Alfred James Peaches Dies at Age 90
Flags will be lowered across the Navajo Nation in honor of another Navajo Code Talker who has died. Tribal officials announced Wednesday that Alfred James Peaches died last Saturday at a Flagstaff hospital at age 90. Tribal President Russell Begaye commended Peaches for defending the United States in World War II, using a code based…
Read MoreA Message From The Commandant Of The Marine Corps
When the Continental Congress raised up two battalions of Marines in 1775, it launched the greatest fighting force the world has ever known – a force revered globally for its uncommon valor, unparalleled adaptability, and ferocious tenacity. Over the past 240 years, the battlefields and equipment have changed, but the spirit of the United States…
Read MoreHistory’s Greatest Shots Revealed
While the movie American Sniper and its depiction of former US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle are getting all the plaudits from film and television awards, we look back through history to see how snipers of times gone by fare against the modern day hero. Once considered a pariah of battle by friend and foe alike,…
Read MoreMr. Jefferson’s Assault Rifle
High-capacity magazine? Check. Capable of firing 22 aimed shots in a minute? Check. A military weapon? Check. Manufactured during the American Revolutionary War? Check. The Girandoni was 22-shot, magazine-fed, nearly silent .46 caliber repeating rifle issued to elite Austrian troops from 1780-1815. Thomas Jefferson purchased two of these rifles, which he sent west with Lewis…
Read MoreMarines Returning To Iwo Jima On 70th Anniversary Of Famed World War II Battle
Hershel “Woody†Williams is returning after 70 years to Iwo Jima, where a flamethrower saved him from Japanese bayonets and where he earned the Medal of Honor. His grandchildren urged him for years to relive the war on-site at annual ceremonies to commemorate the Marine Corps‘ bloodiest battle — the conquering of an 8-square-mile Pacific…
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