In early 2002, I deployed to Afghanistan with the 21st Military Police Company (Airborne). The infantry was facing issues running combat patrols because the local women were hiding intelligence, weapons and high-value targets. It would have been cultural warfare for...
Dennis Joyner (pictured right) had to wait 50 years to thank the man who saved his life in Vietnam. Joyner, a Longwood resident who is now 70, was a 20-year-old infantryman with a wife and newborn son on June 26, 1969, when he tripped a land mine while on patrol. The...
Gordon Craig was born August 3, 1929 in Brockton, Massachusetts. He received the Medal of Honor for providing the ultimate sacrifice during the Korean War. Official Citation: The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in...
By mid-July 1950, the war in Korea was less than three weeks old, and was going very badly for the Republic of Korea (ROK) and American forces. The North Korean People’s Army (KPA) had been able to sustain battlefield artillery and armor, the KPA overwhelmed...
Former Staff Sergeant Ronald J. Shurer II didn’t hesitate when he got the call that his wounded teammates were trapped on a hillside in Afghanistan. Not even as the bullets of enemy fire flew past, dirt kicking up around him. Not even when the bullets grazed his arm,...
A study on black WACs published in 1963 lists Stewart as the only black female warrant officer on active duty at that time. Stewart would go on to serve in Vietnam as a cryptographic technician with the 1st Signal Brigade from 1971-1972. She retired in the late 70s as...
