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Wartime remains of 6 US airmen located in Laos
July 5, 2012 7:07 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) - Six U.S. airmen missing from a combat mission over southern Laos during the Vietnam War will be buried Monday after their remains were located and identified following a 17-year investigation. The Defense Department said Thursday the six will be buried in a single casket at Arlington National... more » -
Jane Fonda: QVC axed my appearance over politics
July 16, 2011 6:13 PM
NEW YORK (AP) - Jane Fonda says she's been banished from QVC amid concerns about her political past. The network says it was a routine programming change. The 73-year-old Oscar winner was set to appear on the home-shopping channel on Saturday to promote her new book on aging, "Prime... more » -
Colorado airman missing since 1968 found in Laos
June 14, 2010 8:35 AM
The remains of an Air Force officer from Colorado who had been missing in action in southeast Asia since 1968 have been recovered and buried. Maj. Thomas B. Mitchell was among nine U.S. airman aboard a C-130 cargo plane over Laos on May 22, 1968, during the Vietnam war.... more » -
Veterans and brothers fighting deportation
June 2, 2010 11:26 PM
The government is seeking to deport two local Vietnam Veterans, one of them a Bronze Star recipient. Manuel and Valente Valenzuela came to the US as legal residents from Mexico in the 1950's with their mother, an American citizen and their father a Mexican Citizen. They grew up... more » -
Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania dies at 77
February 8, 2010 3:04 PM
A spokesman says Democratic Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a retired Marine Corps officer who became an outspoken critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 77. He had been suffering complications from gallbladder surgery. In 1974, Murtha became the first combat veteran of the Vietnam War... more » -
Better Late Than Never
October 9, 2009 3:25 PM
"The Purple Heart is good, but we should go beyond that," says Congressman Doug Lamborn of Colorado ’s 5 th Congressional District. Now it’s all the way to the Silver Star. It’s the military's third highest award and today it decorates the chest of... more »
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