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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 ...
Edwards Air Force Base, United States aircraft broke apart Richard E. Ellsworth: United States 1953 Aviator, United States Air Force Brigadier General Convair B-36: Trinity Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador: Controlled flight into terrain into a hill Theodore G. Ellyson: United States 1928 First American naval aviator Loening OL-7 [41] Chesapeake ...
Lieutenant Colonel: USAF: 497th Tactical Fighter Squadron: Operation Barrel Roll: Laos, Xiangkhouang Province: Pilot of F-4D #66‑7613 hit by enemy fire and crashed in a river [71] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] May 6: Hernandez, Frank S: Sergeant: US Army: B Company, 158th Assault Helicopter Battalion: South Vietnam, Quang Tri Province
The Picture of the Last Man to Die (1945) by Robert Capa. The Picture of the Last Man to Die is a black and white photograph taken by Robert Capa during the battle for Leipzig, depicting an American soldier, Raymond J. Bowman, aged 21 years old, after being killed by a German sniper, on 18 April 1945, shortly before the end of World War II in Europe. [1]
Lt. Col. Lucas was mortally wounded while directing the successful withdrawal of his battalion from the fire base. His actions throughout this extended period inspired his men to heroic efforts, and were instrumental in saving the lives of many of his fellow soldiers while inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. Lt. Col.
The teenage brother of a U.S. Air Force airman who was fatally shot in his home by a Florida sheriff's deputy in May has been killed in a shooting in the Atlanta area, police said. “The Fortson ...
The 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident was a friendly fire incident involving two United States Air Force (USAF) Air National Guard 190th Fighter Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft, and vehicles from the British D Squadron, The Blues and Royals of the Household Cavalry, and took place on 28 March 2003 during the invasion of Iraq by armed forces of ...
Major General John Francis Curry (April 22, 1886 [1] – March 4, 1973) was the first national commander of the Civil Air Patrol, the United States Air Force Auxiliary. He was also a major general in the United States Army Air Corps .