Quote of the Day
"And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave."
-- Joseph Drake
FallenHeroes
Marine, Louisville native, killed in Iraq
Son of Minnesota State Lawmaker Killed in Iraq
Memorial Day
'Memorial' Needed in Memorial Day
National Moment of Remembrance
Son of Minnesota State Lawmaker Killed in Iraq
Memorial Day
'Memorial' Needed in Memorial Day
National Moment of Remembrance
JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Nuclear treaty failure sets tone for summit
Money wasted on unneeded bases, Bush says
Saudi Arabia's King Fahd hospitalized
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Internet report says Zarqawi back at post
The US News: Iraq News
US SEAL innocent of abusing Iraqi suspect: lawyer
No Iraqi leader raised the issue of India sending troops, says ...
Iraq oil route under constant threat of attack
Iraq bomb suspects provide few clues
Lifelike Saddam Mannequin Anchors Exhibit on His Capture
Suspected Iraqi Agent Will Remain Jailed
Marines, Back for a Repeat Visit, Hope for Iraqi Forces to Stabilize Troubled Town
Iraq Qaeda says Zarqawi recovered from wounds-Web
Rebels down US chopper as Baghdad shield goes up
Iraqis in Baghdad Are Trying to Find Carefree Moments Despite Unrelenting Violence
Fox News
Indonesia Bombings
Bombs Kill Five in Iraq
No Iraqi leader raised the issue of India sending troops, says ...
Iraq oil route under constant threat of attack
Iraq bomb suspects provide few clues
Lifelike Saddam Mannequin Anchors Exhibit on His Capture
Suspected Iraqi Agent Will Remain Jailed
Marines, Back for a Repeat Visit, Hope for Iraqi Forces to Stabilize Troubled Town
Iraq Qaeda says Zarqawi recovered from wounds-Web
Rebels down US chopper as Baghdad shield goes up
Iraqis in Baghdad Are Trying to Find Carefree Moments Despite Unrelenting Violence
Fox News
Indonesia Bombings
Bombs Kill Five in Iraq
Web Site: Zarqawi Healthy
Iran Hard-Liners Act to Require Nuke Technology
Saudi King Apparently Suffering From Pneumonia
Bush Hails Naval Grads
Rice: Confirm Bolton
Immigrant Mom of Slain GI Denied Gold Star Status
Navy SEAL Acquitted of Iraq Prisoner Abuse
Hillary Clinton's Former Fundraiser Acquitted
Department of Defense
BUSH URGES GRADS: Defeat Terrorists, Transform Force – Story
Bush Outlines Transformation Advances — Story
U.S. Helicopter Crash Claims Two Lives — Story
Inquiry Finds 'No Credible Evidence' — Story
Iran Hard-Liners Act to Require Nuke Technology
Saudi King Apparently Suffering From Pneumonia
Bush Hails Naval Grads
Rice: Confirm Bolton
Immigrant Mom of Slain GI Denied Gold Star Status
Navy SEAL Acquitted of Iraq Prisoner Abuse
Hillary Clinton's Former Fundraiser Acquitted
Department of Defense
BUSH URGES GRADS: Defeat Terrorists, Transform Force – Story
Bush Outlines Transformation Advances — Story
U.S. Helicopter Crash Claims Two Lives — Story
Inquiry Finds 'No Credible Evidence' — Story
ON THE GROUND
German Team Trains Afghan Army Troops — Story
Task Force Baghdad Medics Sharpen Skills — Story Photos
Sadr City Sewer Rehab Nears Completion — Story
Purple Foxes Speed to Casualties in Al Anbar — Story
U.S., South Koreans Train Iraqi National Guard — Story
IN IRAQ
Battalion Constructs Civil Military Coordination Center
Convoy Airmen Protect Supply Lines
Marines Provide Security for Ambulance Drivers
IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Children Locate Weapons Cache
Coalition Medics Treat Injured Afghan Girl
Task Force Thunder Prepares to Redeploy
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Jeweler Creates Sterling Tribute — Story
IN IRAQ
Operations Disrupt Enemy
Detainees Escape From Abu Ghraib
Success in Iraq - DoD Fact Sheet
Year in Review 2004 Fact Sheets (pdf)
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
IN AFGHANISTAN
Army Launches Vaccine Program
Defense Leaders' Views on Afghanistan
Enduring Freedom Marks 3 Years
Afghanistan Daily Update
WAR ON TERRORISM
9/11 Marine Fighter Jet Dedicated
U.S. Navy Increases Maritime Guard
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
Arlington Cemetery Gains 70 Acres
Wounded Guard Troop Trains for Run
Security Forces Train Airmen
Rumsfeld Praises 82nd Airborne
Exercise Prepares A-10s for Combat
Writing Deadline Approaches
National Guard, Reserve Update
from The Weather Channel
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf
Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf
Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar
This Day in History
1349 - In Breslau Silesia, sixty Jews are murdered.
1539 - Hernando de Soto lands in Florida.
1674 - German Parliament declares war on France.
1754 - George Washington defeats the French and Indians at Fort Duquesne (PA).
1774 - The first Continental Congress convenes in Virginia.
1830 - Congress authorizes Indian removal from all states to the western prairie.
1851 - Sojourner Truth attends the Women's Rights Convention.
1863 - The 54th Massachusetts, the first black regiment leaves Boston to fight in the Civil War.
1919 - Armenia declares its independence
1923 - The Attorney General says it is legal for women to wear trousers anywhere.
1940 - Belgium surrenders to Germany; King Leopold III gives himself up; British-French troops capture Narvik, Norway
1942 - 1,800 Czechoslovakians are murdered by the Nazis during their attack on Heydrich.
1959 - Monkeys Able & Baker become the first animals retrieved from a space mission, after soaring 300 miles into space in a Jupiter missile.
1961 - After nearly eightly years, theOrient Express makes its last trip (Paris to Bucharest) .
1964 - The Palestine National Congress forms the PLO (Palestine Liberation Organization) in Jerusalem.
1971 - The first spacecraft to soft-land on Mars, the USSR's Mars 3, is launched.
1971 - The first spacecraft to soft-land on Mars, the USSR's Mars 3, is launched.
1974 - Italians fascists bomb demonstrators in Brescia, killing 6.
1975 - Soyuz 18 launches.
1985 - David Jacobsen is taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon.
1987 - The Civil War Ironclad Monitor is discovered by a deep sea robot
1991 - Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa
1997 - Linda Finch completes the around-the-world flight Amelia Earhart failed to finish.
1975 - Soyuz 18 launches.
1985 - David Jacobsen is taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon.
1987 - The Civil War Ironclad Monitor is discovered by a deep sea robot
1991 - Ethiopian rebels seize Addis Ababa
1997 - Linda Finch completes the around-the-world flight Amelia Earhart failed to finish.
Birthdays
1371 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy/warrior
1660 - King George I of England
1738 - Dr. Joseph Ignace Guillotin, French physician/inventor (guillotine)
1759 - William Pitt the Younger, English PM
1759 - William Pitt the Younger, English PM
1818 - Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard St-Bernard known by Confederates as the Hero of Sumter
1819 - Union Brevet Major General William Birney
1828 - Confederate Brigadier General Alpheus Baker
1830 - Union Major General George Lucas Hartsuff
1831 - Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor
1838 - Confederate Bridadier General Basil Wilson Duke
1831 - Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor
1838 - Confederate Bridadier General Basil Wilson Duke
1914 - W. G. G. Duncan-Smith, fighter pilot
1940 - Thomas E Petri (Representative-WI)
1944 - Rudy Giuliani (Mayor-NYC)
1957 - Walter R Tucker (Representative-CA)
Passings
1259 - King Christoffel I of Denmark
1357 - King Afonso IV of Portugal
1863 - Union Brigadier General Edmund Kirby, Jr., of injuries
1940 - Thomas E Petri (Representative-WI)
1944 - Rudy Giuliani (Mayor-NYC)
1957 - Walter R Tucker (Representative-CA)
Passings
1259 - King Christoffel I of Denmark
1357 - King Afonso IV of Portugal
1863 - Union Brigadier General Edmund Kirby, Jr., of injuries
1864 - Union Brigadier Henry H. Giesy, in battle
1972 - Duke of Windsor, who abdicated British throne
1972 - Duke of Windsor, who abdicated British throne
1972 - King Edward VIII of Great Britain / Northern Ireland
Reported Missing in Action
Reported Missing in Action
1968
Hill, Joseph A., USMC (IL)
Ingvalson, Roger D., USAF (MN); Released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well 1998
1971
Chavira, Stephen, US Army (CA)
Urquhart, Paul D., US Army (PA)
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