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UPDATE: Martinsville man who survived Pearl Harbor attacks turns 94 today
WDBJ7 ReporterFriday is Pearl Harbor survivor Herbert Gibbs' 94th birthday. WDBJ7's Justin Ward is interviewing Gibbs on Friday about his Pearl Harbor memories. Below is a story from July about Gibbs. Click here for more WDBJ7 stories about Pearl Harbor...Tags: Martinsville (Martinsville, Virginia), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Korean War (1950-1953), Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
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Curtis B. Reiber, Army officer
Curtis B. Reiber, an Army intelligence officer whose career spanned three decades, died Nov. 20 of a stroke at Saint Agnes Hospital. He was 77.
The son of a DuPont Co. worker and a homemaker, Curtis Brooks Reiber was born in Centre Hall, Pa., and...Tags: Central Michigan University, Catonsville, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iran, Defense Intelligence Agency
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Vietnam hero
Thanks to Tribune columnist Dawn Turner Trice for keeping the memory of one of my childhood heroes, Milton Lee Olive III, alive (“Vietnam hero’s life is lesson for today,” Chicagoland Health & Family, Nov. 28). I was 11 years old in 1965...Tags: Toyota Recalls
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Law enhances Chinese police's power in disputed South China Sea
BEIJING -- Chinese maritime police will be able to "board, inspect, seize and expel" foreign ships entering Chinese waters in the South China Sea under a newly approved provincial law that could further raise tensions in the area. State media reported...
Tags: Philippines, Crime, Law and Justice, Malaysia, NATO, Manila (Philippines)
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Letters to the Editor - Dec. 20
Libya, North Vietnam a contrast in military response To the editor: I am outraged at the recent handling of events in Benghazi, Libya, and am reminded of a very different reaction by the American government when it had the opportunity to rescue its...Tags: Richard Nixon, Firearms, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Libya
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Obama to nominate John Kerry to be next secretary of state
WASHINGTON – President Obama will nominate John F. Kerry, the five-term senator from Massachusetts, to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state, White House sources confirmed, choosing a longtime political ally who shares much of his...
Tags: Elections, Richard Lugar, International Military Interventions, Bashar Assad, United Nations
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Suzanne Collins follows 'Hunger Games' with 'Year of the Jungle'
Ever wonder what made Suzanne Collins come up with the idea for "The Hunger Games"? It's a pretty terrifying story: Teenagers are set loose in the woods and forced to fight to the death. Hmm, maybe that year Collins' dad spent in Vietnam has something...
Tags: The Hunger Games (movie), Book, Suzanne Collins, Google+
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Vietnam vets might get a state holiday
PIERRE — Starting next year, March 30 could be a working holiday in South Dakota called Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. A contingent of Vietnam vets attended a legislative hearing on the proposal Wednesday. A working holiday means the...Tags: American Legion, Watertown, Veterans Day, Holidays, U.S. Army
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Letters: China as a bully
Re "China's me-first foreign policy," Opinion, Jan. 20 Last week, I attended a memorial for Vietnamese citizens killed because they spoke out or fought against a Chinese incursion into Vietnam. While China's territorial dispute with Japan has garnered...Tags: China
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Veterans Know What Guns Can Do
The Hartford CourantIf President Barack Obama is looking for allies in his quest to keep guns out of the hands of the wrong people, I suggest he think about veterans. Not necessarily the guy who ran the movie projector at Fort Dix, but men and now women who served in...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, World War II (1939-1945), Barack Obama
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Col. William F. Rickett Jr., USA Ret., 84
Funeral services with full military honors for Col. William F. Rickett Jr., USA Ret., 84, will be Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church of Jacksonville, Ala., with the Revs. John Simmons and Ted Anderson officiating....
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Awards and Prizes, Methodist, International Military Interventions, U.S. Army
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Vietnamese coffee
Vietnamese coffee: I might be the only Seattleite who doesn't guzzle coffee on an hourly basis. I make an exception, though, for Vietnamese coffee.
It's coffee for noncoffee drinkers, for those who find its bitterness overbearing. Vietnamese coffee is...Tags: Coffee, Foods and Beverages, Sandwiches, Wicker Park, Lifestyle and Leisure
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