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Roger Hugh Charles Donlon (January 30, 1934 – January 25, 2024) was a United States Army officer. He was the first person to receive the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War , as well as the first member of the United States Army Special Forces to be so honored.
The New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) is the public library of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Succeeding earlier libraries in the city, it opened in 1897. Three branches were added by 1908. Carnegie library branches were added in 1911 and 1915. By 2005 a dozen branches were open.
Now a museum and genealogical library 2: Jennings: Jennings: Mar 9, 1907: $10,000 303 Cary Ave. 3: Lake Charles Lake Charles: Oct 17, 1901: $10,000 411 Pujo St. Replaced c.1950 4: New Orleans Main New Orleans: Dec 29, 1902: $350,000 Demolished c.1960 5: New Orleans Algiers New Orleans: Dec 29, 1902 — 725 Pelican Ave. 6: New Orleans Canal New ...
Location of Orleans Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Orleans Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, which is consolidated with the city of New Orleans.
August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and surrounding areas have never been the same. The hurricane brought death ...
The Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center is located in the Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. It stands on the corner of Napoleon Avenue and South Broad Street which serve as the north/south, and east/west markers in the neighborhood. The library is a branch of the greater New Orleans Public Library System. The Broadmoor ...
In 1938, General Lewis Kemper Williams [4] (1887-1971), a World War I veteran, Brigadier General in World War II, [5] [6] businessman, and honorary Consul General of Monaco in New Orleans, [7] and his wife, Leila Hardie Moore Williams [8] (1901-1966) bought two properties in the French Quarter, the Spanish Colonial Merieult House on Royal Street and a late 19th-century residence next to the ...
At 04:00 the senior officer, Captain Roger Donlon, radioed for support and two hours later six HMM-162 helicopters carrying reinforcements escorted by two U.S. Army UH-1B helicopter gunships left Da Nang Air Base for Nam Dong, but on arriving over the camp they were unable to land due to intense fire and had to return to Da Nang. [4]: 157