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Lt. Col. Lucas distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism while serving as the commanding officer of the 2d Battalion. Although the fire base was constantly subjected to heavy attacks by a numerically superior enemy force throughout this period, Lt. Col. Lucas, forsaking his own safety, performed numerous acts of extraordinary valor in ...
On 23 July at 06:30 the PAVN again attacked the remaining elements who were evacuating the base. The 2nd Battalion returned the fire and aerial rocket artillery, gunships and airstrikes reinforced. When contact terminated, U.S. casualties were three killed (including the commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Andre Lucas and the S-3). Ripcord ...
Robert Rheault was born October 31, 1925, to Charles Auguste and Rosamond (née Bradley) Rheault in Westwood, a suburb of Boston.His father had served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and was stationed in Labrador where he met Rosamond Bradley, from a prominent Boston family, who had been working at the Grenfell Medical Mission prior to immigrating to the United States in 1924.
Penny Lucas' nephew started a GoFundMe to help cover costs of the memorial service for "a bright light in our community, full of life and love for all." 'Suffering alone': Best friend searches for ...
Brian Thompson was killed by a masked gunman shortly before 7 a.m. on Wednesday, according to police Wife reveals murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO had received ‘some threats’ before ‘brazen ...
Penny Lucas, 50, died from an apparent gunshot wound, and her husband, John Lucas Jr., 62, died from "an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound." Leon County Sheriff's Office investigates murder ...
He was taken by Dunlap to the battalion's commanding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel C. Pollock, [6] who assigned him to Dunlap's rifle company as a rifleman; his punishment for going UA was an administrative reduction in rank to private. On February 14, Lucas had his 17th birthday while at sea, five days before the invasion of Iwo Jima began.
An Army colonel who was formerly a top leader at Joint Base Lewis-McChord was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for beating his wife while armed with a gun and causing a standoff with ...