Fundraiser to Bring Remains of Fallen MN Soldier Home From Vietnam War
A weekend fundraiser raised hundreds of dollars to support veterans, high school students, and to help bring home the remains of a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier originally from Rochester, Minnesota, who was killed in the Vietnam War in 1971. The Military Order of the Purple Heart Lloyd Swenson Chapter 7110 and the POW/MIA Riders […]
Fort Wainwright Soldier Gets 32 Years for Child Exploitation Crimes
A U.S. Army soldier based at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, will spend more than three decades in federal prison after admitting he produced child sexual abuse material, amassed thousands of explicit files and assaulted a young victim, federal prosecutors announced Friday. David Andres Mayoral, 21, received the 32-year prison term at a federal courthouse in Fairbanks, […]
Korean War Soldier Returns Home After 75 Years. His Brother Is Still Missing
Generations of the Patton family gathered at the Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery on March 9 for a burial that was more than seven decades in the making. The man at the center of it all, Army Cpl. Marvin Silvester Patton had been missing since the earliest stages of the Korean War. Patton was 20 years […]
Before and After Vietnam: Soldier Shares Story of Valor, Surviving PTSD
It’s been almost six decades since Jim Seibert served in Vietnam, but he can still recall his harrowing experience with vivid detail and emotion. It’s not exactly an easy thing to forget. Spending a year in the rigorous Central Highlands, surviving booby traps, gunshot wounds, and the threat of attack on an almost daily basis, […]
Wife of US Soldier Released from Federal Immigration Detention
NEW ORLEANS — The wife of a U.S. soldier was released Tuesday from a federal immigration detention facility where she had spent nearly a week after being taken into custody on a Louisiana military base. The detention of 22-year-old Annie Ramos, the Honduran born-wife of a U.S. Army staff sergeant preparing to deploy, prompted public […]
US Soldier Trying to Halt Wife's Deportation After She Was Detained on Louisiana Military Base
NEW ORLEANS — A U.S. Army staff sergeant is trying to halt his wife’s deportation after she was detained inside a Louisiana military base where the couple was planning to live together just days after their wedding. The effort to remove the soldier’s wife, who was born in Honduras and remained in a federal immigration […]
Letters from a WWII Soldier to His Sweetheart Offer an Intimate Picture of Love During Wartime
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Highlights from a trove of more than 200 love letters that tell the story of a couple’s courtship and marriage during World War II are now on display digitally through the Nashville Public Library, offering an intimate picture of love during wartime. The letters by William Raymond Whittaker and Jane Dean were […]
Missouri US Army Soldier Sentenced to Life for Murder of Sergeant
A sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole was handed down to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri Army Spc. Wooster Rancy in the murder of Sgt. Sarah Roque in 2024. Rancy, a 22-year-old combat engineer assigned to the 509th Engineer Company, 5th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, was found guilty by a military […]
Army Soldier Begins 20-Year Sentence After Killing Comrade in Barracks
An ex-Army soldier in Alabama has been sentenced to more than 20 years in a military prison after being convicted of killing a comrade during a fight in their barracks. Pvt. Brian Jones Jr., 24, pleaded guilty on Jan. 29 to one count of unpremeditated murder in the death of Pvt. Abdul N. Latifu, 21, […]
‘I Never Want to See it Again.’ Vietnam Soldier Recalls Deadly Napalm, Tet Offensive
It’s been almost 58 years since Army veteran Robert Hendricks witnessed some of the worst moments of the Vietnam War, but those stark memories remained burned into his subconscious. Hendricks, who was drafted into service in 1967, was in Vietnam when the infamous Tet Offensive began in January 1968 and saw firsthand the damaging effects […]