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DOD begins implementing Naming Commission recommendations
January 6, 2023 — The Naming Commission process ended and the names of bases, posts, ships, streets and more named after Confederate soldiers will change... MORE

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Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102
January 19, 2022 — Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee, who served in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War, died peacefully in his sleep Jan. 16, according to a Tuskegee Airmen Inc. news release. He was 102 years old... MORE

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DOD Still Seeks to Find Missing Service Members From World's Battlefields
September 17, 2021 — There are thousands of American service personnel missing from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cold War. About 75% of those are in the Indo-Pacific region... MORE

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The story of Mom & Pop: Air Force pioneers
June 19, 2019 — Three wars. World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. For some, these conflicts that shook the world may be hard to imagine, but for 92-year-old Gwyneth Johnson, all three were nothing less than reality. ... MORE

(Courtesy Photo) Gwyneth and Robert Johnson when Robert was nominated for Outstanding Airman of the Year in 1970.

Remains of Korean War POW finally make it home 66 years later
July 13, 2017 — Sixty-six years after he was reported missing in action and died while serving in the Korean War, Army Cpl. Frank Sandoval was laid to rest in his hometown of San Antonio July 11 with military honors at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery... MORE

Oscar Cortez (left), a former Korean War POW who served in the same unit with Army Cpl. Frank Sandoval, presents a framed photo of the unit he and Sandoval served in while they were in action to Sandoval’s sons, Frank Jr. and Alejandro, July 11. Cortez, 85, said the photo was taken three to four days before their unit was captured.

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