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- Focus On: Command Posts Salutes, Vietnam War
- Images of the Day: Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., U.S. Army, Posthumously Awarded the Medal of Honor
- Medal of Honor Ceremony for Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., U.S. Army. [More...]
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- Images of the Day: V-E Day, May 8, 1945
- View the instrument of surrender and images of V-E Day, May 8, 1945. [More...]
- Focus On: Intel
- April 29, 1922: President Warren G. Harding establishes benefits for veterans
- Whereas, Section 9 of the Act of Congress entitled "An Act to Establish a Veterans' Bureau and to improve the facilities and service of such Bureau, and further to amend and modify the War Risk Insurance Act", approved August 9, 1921, provides that— [More...]
- The Lists, WWII
- Doolittle Raid Reading and Viewing List
- View images of—and read about—the Doolittle Raid of April 18, 1942. [More...]
- Focus On: Reels and Highlights
- Images of the Day: Space Shuttle Discovery En Route to Its New Home
April 17, 2012, Space Shuttle Discovery made its final flight, on its way to its new home at the Udvar-Hazy Center.
View images of Discovery over the Potomac River.
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- Focus On: Commander in Chief
- April 11, 1951: Truman Replaces MacArthur
- April 11, 1951 President Truman replaced Gen. Douglas MacArthur as Supreme Commander, Allied Powers; Commander in Chief, United Nations Command; Commander in Chief, Far East; and Commanding General, United States Army, Far East.
Read Truman's personal diary entries and his Proposed Orders and Statement on Dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur, Gen. Omar Bradley's message to MacArthur about his replacement, and White House phone entries from citizens weighing in on President Truman's decision to remove MacArthur. [More...]
- Focus On, WWII
- Bataan and the Bataan Death March Reading and Viewing List
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force:
Realizing the futility of continued resistance, Maj. Gen. Edward King, commander of forces on Bataan after MacArthur was ordered to leave, surrendered to the Japanese on April 9, 1942 (the island of Corregidor held out until May 6). Although General King surrendered his force to save them from unnecessary suffering, the brutality of their Japanese captors killed thousands of the POWs in what became known as the Bataan Death March.
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- Focus On: Vietnam War
- Images of the Day: 2012 Vietnam Veterans Homecoming
- View images from the 2012 Vietnam Veterans Homecoming, held March 31, 2012, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. [More...]
- Focus On: Commander in Chief, Vietnam War
- March 29, 1973, President Nixon: “No American Military Forces are in Vietnam”
View the video and transcript for President Richard Nixon's March 29, 1973, Address to the Nation.
"For the first time in 12 years, no American military forces are in Vietnam. All of our American POW's are on their way home. The 17 million people of South Vietnam have the right to choose their own government without outside interference, and because of our program of Vietnamization, they have the strength to defend that right. We have prevented the imposition of a Communist government by force on South Vietnam."Soon after his address, reports started circulating, questioning whether all of the POWs had been released.
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- Focus On: Reels and Highlights, WWII
- Images of the Day: Honoring POWs and MIAs, Upcoming 70th Anniversary of Bataan Death March
- The 23rd Annual Bataan Memorial Death March was held on March 25, 2012, in the high desert terrain of White Sands Missile Range. Over 6,000 service members and civilians from all 50 states and representatives from over three countries marched in honor of the heroic service members who defended the Philippine Islands during World War II. (Caption: DVIDSHUB) [More...]
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- The Great Escape Reading and Viewing List
March 24, 1944, as British air raids continued over Berlin, almost 90 POWs escaped from Stalag Luft III.
Read and view images and accounts of the escape and of life for the POWs at Stalag Luft III.
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- Focus On: Cold War, Commander in Chief
- Jimmy Carter Announces 1980 Summer Olympics Boycott to Athletes
President Jimmy Carter's remarks to members of the U.S. Olympic teams, March 21, 1980:
First of all, it's a real honor for me to be here with all you famous people. I have a great admiration for you and a deep feeling for you in this time of challenge and disappointment.
This is a sad time for all those in our country who are involved in amateur athletics.
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- Stephen Frater
- Journalist, author and Writer in Residence at the University of Rhode Island.
- Walter Boyne
- Retired Air Force Colonel; former director, National Air and Space Museum; National Aviation Hall of Fame.
- Dalton Fury
- Former Delta officer Dalton Fury was the ground force commander at the Battle of Tora Bora.
- Phil Keith
- Naval aviator, Vietnam Vet; author, consultant, columnist, and visiting professor, RISD, Providence.
- Charles W. Sasser
- A decorated Vietnam veteran and Green Beret, and author of more than fifty books.
- Jean Sasson
- An international best-selling author, Jean Sasson's literary loves are history and travel.
- Clint VanWinkle
- Marine Corps veteran and author.
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