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Most people will remember April 4, 1968 as the day that Martin Luther King was assassinated. While that was a more histrionically important event, that date will always seired in my mind as the date of a battle we fought in Vietnam. I was only in country for a couple of months and the loss of comr
Published: Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 @ 10:20 am
By: Tony Adams
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‘How to Blow Up A Pipeline’ author wants to send message to 'capitalists' that 'their properties will be trashed'
Published: Monday, March 11th, 2024 @ 12:10 am
By: Daily Wire
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The Air Force has requested that Congress pass legislation to stop wind turbines from encroaching on nuclear missile sites throughout the U.S.
Published: Saturday, November 25th, 2023 @ 12:21 am
By: Daily Wire
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A Tennessean who conducted a daring helicopter rescue during the Vietnam War will be awarded the Medal of Honor on Tuesday, more than 50 years after his heroic actions.
Published: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 @ 11:50 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Famed tycoon Scrooge McDuck has been long known for ostentatious displays of his hoarded wealth, including diving into a pool of gold coins.
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2023 @ 7:12 pm
By: Babylon Bee
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"Goodbye My Sweetheart, Hello Vietnam" This refrain from Dave Dudley's country ditty, an integral melody in the soundtrack of the classic "Full Metal Jacket" regarding a more patriotic approach to the Vietnam predicament.
Published: Friday, January 21st, 2022 @ 7:58 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Many may have heard of Desmond Doss, Here is another hero's story. I knew him.
Published: Tuesday, January 26th, 2021 @ 1:32 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Today Francis De Luca filed to run for US Congress from the 3rd District in North Carolina
Published: Saturday, March 9th, 2019 @ 10:46 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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One of my Standard Operating Procedures when I hear of a Vietnam Veteran in the news is to research them to find the 'Story behind the Story.
Published: Friday, March 2nd, 2018 @ 1:56 am
By: Bobby Tony
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How we found the wounded and how we got them back.
Published: Wednesday, July 19th, 2017 @ 8:56 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Jay Charles Hardin, PhD, 74, of Bath, NC died on Sunday, June 4 at Vidant Beaufort Hospital from complications of lung cancer
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2017 @ 9:55 am
By: Announcements
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After Fifty Seven years under Fidel Castro's rule, a small country embarks on the new beginning and we have a new opportunity.
Published: Thursday, December 15th, 2016 @ 8:14 am
By: Bobby Tony
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An average day in the life of a grunt in the II Corp area Northeast of Saigon in 1968 consisted of Eagle Flights. We would form groups of six in two columns. The Huey helicopters would come in to pick us up. Usually three men from each side would upload on the Hueys.
Published: Saturday, November 26th, 2016 @ 8:36 am
By: Bobby Tony
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My memory is cloudy on this exact dates but sometime around March or April 1968 we made an incursion into Cambodia.
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 @ 1:47 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Anita Lee Hodges Lewis, age 82, a resident of Chocowinity, NC, died Tuesday May 10, 2016 at her home.
Published: Thursday, May 12th, 2016 @ 11:07 am
By: Announcements
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Governor Pat McCrory joined law enforcement and local elected officials, family members and friends for the promotion of 45 State Highway Patrol troopers in Raleigh today.
Published: Monday, January 11th, 2016 @ 12:23 am
By: McCrory Communications
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 @ 8:16 pm
By: McCrory Communications
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A Marine RVN Vet Helicopter door gunner said the Warrant officers were enlisted guys who finished boot camp, 10 weeks of Warrant Officer training and 18 month of helicopter flight training. You had to be at least 18 years old.
Published: Friday, September 11th, 2015 @ 3:59 am
By: Ted McDonald
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East Carolina University remembered those who sacrificed and served during a Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 11. "This day is about honoring service above self," said Dr. Steve Duncan, assistant vice chancellor and director of military programs at ECU.
Published: Sunday, November 16th, 2014 @ 9:20 pm
By: ECU News Services
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East Carolina University will salute veterans and dedicate 58 brick pavers in a ceremony at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11 beside Christenbury Gymnasium.
Published: Thursday, November 6th, 2014 @ 6:01 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Elizabeth Jean Huey, age 100, a resident of Bath, NC, formerly of Indianapolis, IN, passed away Thursday, June 12, 2014.
Published: Saturday, June 14th, 2014 @ 9:39 pm
By: Announcements
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ECU professor Alex Albright is continuing his quest to right an historical wrong suffered by a group of Greensboro college students who played an important role in integrating the armed forces during World War II.
Published: Saturday, April 19th, 2014 @ 11:38 am
By: ECU News Services
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The Office of Governor Pat McCrory announced the following appointments today...
Published: Thursday, January 9th, 2014 @ 11:54 pm
By: Chris Downey
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ne hundred years of affliction is a long time. The time has come for tax reform.... No, the time has come for a tax revolution.
Published: Thursday, July 11th, 2013 @ 11:45 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Mr. Marvin Royal Rose, age 95, a resident of 90 Rose Allen Lane, Pantego, died Monday, March 5, 2012, at his home.
Published: Thursday, March 8th, 2012 @ 9:18 am
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David Elvis Respess, age 58, a resident of Pike Road, N.C., died at his home on Aug. 24, 2011. The service will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, in the Chapel of Paul Funeral Home in Belhaven.
Published: Friday, September 16th, 2011 @ 12:28 pm
By: Announcements
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