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Without help, the turtle would probably have drowned as it was struggling to come up for air.

The Pony Express left an indelible mark on American history, capturing the imagination of people with its daring riders, fast horses, and expedited mail delivery.

As an Air Force F-4 fighter backseater, I knew little about the Navy. I had gleaned a bit from movies such as “Officer and a Gentleman” and the two “Top

Nearly 3,000 visitors a day have touched World War II history and occupied the space where American servicemen slept, ate and prepared for war in the USS LST Ship Memorial.

(JTA) — Captain Bill Pinkney, a Jewish sailor who became the first African American to sail around the world solo, died Thursday. He was 87 and had suffered a fall.

The Military and Veteran Services office at Texas A&M University–Central Texas recently received the Bronze 2023 Veterans Education Excellence Recognition Award.

For many servicemen and women who served during the Vietnam Era, their sacrifices for a long time went mostly unrecognized.

“A lot of the older ones don’t think they deserve anything,” Debbie Fisher says. “(But) you put on that uniform. Not everybody will do that nor can do that. And

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“I’ve gotten to do a lot of things I wanted to do, and a few I didn’t. How lucky is that?”