It was mid October 1952 and I was an officer's records clerk in the 99th Field Artillery, a private first class on a Landing Ship Troops (LST) headed towards North Korea. I didn't even suspect that we were taking part in a big U.N.task force of warships, planes, landing craft and troops making a feint attack in North Korea far behind the enemy lines. I didn't learn this much … [Read more...] about Art Fettig: Operation Feint
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April 10, 1970 – F4 Jet Crash Claims Nine Lives
As a member of a small group of broadcasters that served in Thailand with the American Forces Thailand Network (AFTN), we remember those who lost their lives on April 10, 1970, at Udorn RTAFB, Thailand, when a F-4 Jet crashed into the broadcast center. TSgt Jack A. Hawley (37), Wakeman, OH SSgt James T. Howard (27), Denver, CO A1C Andrew C. McCartney (20), Lakewood, OH … [Read more...] about April 10, 1970 – F4 Jet Crash Claims Nine Lives
Dog Company: A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command by Lynn Vincent
The Army does not want you to read this book. It does not want to advertise its detention system that coddles enemy fighters while putting American soldiers at risk. It does not want to reveal the new lawyered-up Pentagon war ethic that prosecutes U.S. soldiers and Marines while setting free spies who kill Americans. This very system ambushed Captain Roger Hill and his men. … [Read more...] about Dog Company: A True Story of American Soldiers Abandoned by Their High Command by Lynn Vincent