Military
Soldier and wife found dead at Fort Hood
Fort Hood is investigating the death of a soldier and his wife, who were both found dead of apparent gunshot wounds on Sunday in their on-post residence, officials said Tuesday. Sgt. Michael Timothy Franklin, 31, and Jessie Ann Franklin, had a 6-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son, officials said. The children are being cared for by…
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Allen Dale June, USMC
Allen Dale June, one of the 29 original Navajo Code Talkers who confounded the Japanese during World War II by transmitting messages in their native language, has died. He was 91. June died of natural causes Wednesday night at a veterans hospital in Prescott, his wife, Virginia, told The Associated Press on Thursday. He was…
Read MoreIraq combat over but U.S. troops still in danger
U.S. Staff Sergeant Kendrick Manuel swung his rifle over his shoulder and grumbled about being viewed as a “non-combat” soldier in Iraq. “When NBC talked about the last combat troops are gone, they made it sound like everything is basically over,” he said, after escorting a 19-truck convoy through a part of northern Iraq where…
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