Laffaux (FRANCE) (AFP) – American doctor and photographer Jeff Gusky reveals the underground quarries used by the soldiers of World War One, and the artwork they left behind which illustrates their hopes and fears.
Military History
Google Maps Records Virtual Tour of USS Constitution
CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (NNS) — USS Constitution worked with Google Maps to record a virtual tour of ‘Old Ironsides’ this morning aboard the ship. Google Maps photographed the ship to create a virtual 360-degree experience of Constitution in preparation for the…
President Obama awards Medal of Honor to Green Beret
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 12, 2014) — The hot steam rising from the jungle in the A Shau Valley melted with the clouds, obscuring the steep hills bordering the valley. Through this remote valley in northeast Vietnam, near the…
C-130: 60 Years of Service and Heroism
The C-130 is not only a military aircraft with a 60 year history; it is a plane with a history of heroism. In 1975, Tim Nguyen was one of the passengers of the last C-130 to leave Vietnam. The young…
Quest for Medal of Honor for NY WWI hero continues
July 10th, 2014 Source: Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Nearly 100 years after he single-handedly fought off a German attack and saved a comrade from capture despite suffering serious wounds, Sgt. Henry Johnson is a step closer to getting…
‘Granddaddy’ of the Corps’ local tie lives on
QUANTICO MARINE CORPS BASE, Va. —Since 1775, the year the Marine Corps was born, 35 men to include Gen. James Amos have held the title of commandant of the Marine Corps. But, only one of those men holds the title…
