WWII Airstrip in Central California Sold. It Was ‘The Country Club of Training Bases’
An airstrip once used to develop U.S. pilots during World War II in Central California has been sold. Located in western Fresno County about 10 miles south of Dos Palos and 15 miles north of Firebaugh, Eagle Field dates back to 1942 when construction of the airstrip got underway a few months after the attack […]
His Country Trained Him to Fight. Then He Turned Against It. More Like Him Are Doing the Same
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. — The U.S. military trained him in explosives and battlefield tactics. Now the Iraq War veteran and enlisted National Guard member was calling for taking up arms against police and government officials in his own country. Standing in the North Carolina woods, Chris Arthur warned about a coming civil war. Videos he […]
While North Korea Fires Cruise Missiles, it Stays Mum on US Soldier Who Crossed Into the Country
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward its western sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, marking the second launch event this week, apparently in protest of the docking of a nuclear-armed U.S. submarine in South Korea. While adding to its barrage of missile launches in recent months, North Korea remained […]
Why Country Music Legend and Army Vet Conway Twitty Recorded One of His Greatest Hits in Russian
If it weren’t for the U.S. Army, Harold Lloyd Jenkins might have become one of Major League Baseball’s greatest players instead of country music legend Conway Twitty. After graduating from high school, the Philadelphia Phillies offered Jenkins a contract, but the Army drafted the young man before he could sign it. Jenkins was sent to […]