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"I am going to die well"
mudvillegazette.com - 5/25/2009
"I am going to die well"
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Note: This salute to those who fell in Vietnam was originally published in November, 2005, and is re-posted today in honor of Memorial Day weekend. ***** Four decades ago the 1st Cavalry Division departed Ft Benning, Georgia for Vietnam. There, on 14 - 16 November 1965 in the Ia Drang ...
Memorial Day
julescrittenden.com - 5/25/2009
Memorial Day
— julescrittenden.com — Boston Herald's Peter Gelzinis on one paratrooper who too the gift of life and lived it: William... H. “Bill” Tucker spent his last 64 years on this earth living each day as if it were Memorial Day. He simply could not forget the true cost of ... (more) Memorial Day

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Joe Galloway: A day to remember the price of freedom
— michaelyon-online.com — 22 May 2009 By Joseph L. Galloway McClatchy Newspapers Memorial Day is upon us, and for most... Americans that means the first holiday weekend of a new summer. For most, it's time to dust off the barbecue pit or head to the nearest beach or hit the ... (more) Joe Galloway: A day to remember the price of freedom

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Victory Caucus -- All Content — Note: This salute to those who fell in Vietnam was originally published in November, 2005, and is re-posted today in honor of Memorial Day weekend. ***** Four decades ago the 1st Cavalry Division departed Ft Benning, Georgia for Vietnam. There, on 14 - 16 November 1965 in the Ia Drang valley they fought the first major battle between the American Army and the Peoples Army of Vietnam. The battle was immortalized in the book We were Soldiers Once.. and Young,... read ...

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