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Iron Mike statue next to La Fiere bridge in Normandy, France. Iron Mike is the de facto name of various monuments commemorating servicemen of the United States military.The term "Iron Mike" is uniquely American slang used to refer to men who are especially tough, brave, and inspiring; it was originally a nautical term for a gyrocompass, used to keep a ship on an unwavering course.
Also in 1961, the "Iron Mike" statue, a tribute to all Airborne soldiers, past, present, and future was dedicated. In early 1962 the 326 Army Security Agency Company, de-activated after the Korean War, was reactivated at Fort Bragg under XVIIIth Corps. In August of that year, an operational contingent of that Company was relocated to Homestead ...
Hollywood sound director Mike Lane, whose work has been in the films “Minority Report,” “John Carter,” and “Avatar” was born Oct. 9, 1951, at then-Fort Bragg, according to his Internet ...
John Wilson O'Daniel was born in Newark, Delaware on February 15, 1894. He graduated from high school at Oxford, Pennsylvania in 1912 and attended Delaware College in Newark, Delaware (now known as the University of Delaware), where he played varsity football and received the nickname "Mike".
The statue is the centerpiece of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command's Memorial Plaza at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, which honors all Army special operations soldiers. The statue depicts a Special Forces soldier as most all of the Army special operations soldiers killed in Vietnam were SF.
Patel also operates the first Fort Liberty Pot Belly, which is located at 2171 Rock Merritt Ave. in the Fort Liberty Mini Mall. That location is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday ...
FORT LIBERTY — The 82 nd Airborne Division Combat Aviation Brigade will deploy this fall to the U.S. Central Command area of operation, the division announced Tuesday. The deployment is part of ...
The men and women of 5th SFAB donned their brown berets for the first time in a ceremony at JBLM's Iron Mike statue, circa July 2019. 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade (5th SFAB) is a security force assistance brigade in the United States Army based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.