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On July 30, 2023, in Hefei, the capital city of Anhui Province in eastern China, a heartwarming scene unfolded as Zhang Zhen, a soldier from the Second Platoon of the Peoples Armed Police Force, presented a portrait to veteran Zhang Chongxiu. They captured the moment with a photo together, symbolizing the spirit of unity and respect.(

A soldier who served alongside Bowe Bergdahl and joined the  hunt for the missing serviceman in Afghanistan said he was deeply frustrated that a judge had overturned the results of a court-martial.

"Mister Yancey wants to see bayonets on the ends of those rifles," was the order passed from foxhole to foxhole by the men of Easy Companys Second Platoon spread out in a defensive position on hill 1282 near the frozen Chosin Reservoir during one frigid winter night of 1950.

Hackensack firefighters rescued residents, including children, in a Christmas night blaze. No injuries were reported.

Two Allentown police officers plunged into the cold waters of the Lehigh River in Allentown to rescue a man who fell in and didn’t surface.

During the first week of ‘Military May," FOX 13 is highlighting service members who received the Silver Star for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States. Corporal Evan Stafford of Apollo Beach was awarded the Silver Star for his actions on April 7, 2004, during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Dick Marcinko, Navy SEAL and founder of SEAL Team Six passed away at his home on Christmas Day.

And grenades and mortars filled the air as german soldiers concealed in their defensive position opened fire an the 10th mountain. the company commander called lieutenant dole and told him to continue the attack. he gave his platoon the mission to take out the german machine gun nest. lieutenant dole assembled the assault squad and positioned the rest of his men forward to provide covering fire. he was 21 years old. he and his soldiers attacked without hesitation, led by the lieutenant, lieutena...

Northern italy. in the companies mission was to attack and seize hill 913, a small hill located just to the northwest of the town and that hill covered, it was a dominating feature and covered the terrain at the mouth of the valley that the u.s. forces needed to cross. the company, including second lieutenant dole and his second platoon, commenced the attack in the early morning hours of 14, february, 1945. less than 30 days before v.e. day, celebrating the end of the war in europe in may. after...

Bob Dole was a happy undergrad at the University of Kansas in 1942. He didnt want to go to war, Richard Ben Cramer writes in chapter 5 of What It Takes: The Way to the White House, his doorstop masterpiece (as Jonathan Martin called it when Cramer died in 2013). Dole was happily fooling around on campus and at his fraternity, pursuing his studies, going out for football, baseball, and