Tag Archive: war

The American Military’s Role in the Vietnam War

Military RecordsAmerica has had a lot of defining foreign associations in its fairly short history.  However, none of those foreign relations can surpass the emotional and political impression we experienced from our participation within the Vietnam War. Vietnam wasn’t, on the surface as obviously an ethical battleground as World War II or even the Civil …

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Korean War vet receives 7 medals — 50 years later

Military Records Kenneth Mullis receives the seven medals hes due from his time spent in the US Army during the Korean War. He was awarded: the Korean War service medal, the United Nations service medal, the National Defense service medal, the Bronze Star, Silver Star, a marksmanship medal with three bars representing pistol, rifle and …

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The World At War – Second segment – Episode 1

Military RecordsWilliam Shakespeare – All the world’s a stage (from As You Like It 2/7) “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and …

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World war II D-Day to VE-Day (real footage) [5/5]

Military RecordsWritten and produced by Greg Palmer Real footage of the actual world war II, filmed exclusively in colour, on the battlefield and the home front their cameras captured the conflict. For 60 years most of the footage was forgotten in attics, archives and even rubbish dumps. Rescued and restored the footage can now show …

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U.S. Forces Blast Japs from Attu – 1943

Military RecordsIn the only World War II battle on American soil, US troops wrestle Japanese forces off the Alaskan island Attu while in the north Atlantic the US Navy forces a Nazi submarine to the surface. Further south, allied troops take Tunis, wresting from the Nazis their last African stronghold.CREATED BY Office for Emergency Management. …

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