Fighting Seabees News Today

ENID, Okla. — A new book by a former Enid resident recounts her father’s time in World War II, as detailed through the letters he wrote home.

When Japanese bombers attacked U.S. Navy ships at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Clarence Piper was a high school sophomore visiting his uncle in the hills of Oregon and read about the attack in the …

Eighty-seven ultramarathons and 468 marathons – that’s over 14,870 miles Evelyn “Evie” Smith has chalked up; not counting half marathons and other events since she started competing in since 2004.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Medical Power begins with people on optimized platforms operating as cohesive teams demonstrating high reliability performance.

John Wayne in "Flying Leathernecks." (Warner Bros.) 9 Jun 2021 John Wayne became a symbol of American manhood and patriotism over his five-decade career in Hollywood. Always most famous for his westerns, Wayne also made a dozen World War II movies in the two decades after the United States entered the conflict in late 1941. The Duke obviously made other war movies, most notably “The Green Berets,” his 1968 takedown of anti-Vietnam War sentiment in the United States. He played Davy Crockett ...

John Wayne made 142 movies in his career, mostly westerns and war films. When actor John Wayne visited American soldiers in Vietnam in the summer of 1966, he was warmly welcomed. As he spoke to groups and individuals, he was presented gifts and letters from American and South Vietnamese troops alike. This was not the case during his USO tours in 1942 and ’43. According to author Garry Wills’ 1998 book, “John Wayne’ America: the Politics of Celebrity,” the actor received a chorus of bo...