The majority of troops who landed on the D-Day beaches were from the U.S., the United Kingdom, and Canada. However, troops from many other countries participated in the Battle of Normandy, including: Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.
M*A*S*H is the classic sit-com telling the story of a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital in the Korean War. Despite the wartime setting, or perhaps because of it, this comedy contains some of the most profoundly anti-war sentiments in television history. 1. Goodbye, Farewell and Amen Hawkeye is held in a psychiatric ward with suppressed memories…
Jonah Bennett U.S. Army troops who take part in the campaign against the Islamic State will now receive an official patch for their effort. The patch comes at a time when 3,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Iraq as part of Operation Inherent Resolve, which began in August 2014, The Washington Post reports. It will likely be…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti One U.S. Army special operator helped dispel a complex Taliban attack on a U.S. base in Afghanistan in 2013, saving more than 1,000 personnel, newly released documents obtained by USA Today reveal. The formerly classified documents detail the Silver Star award narratives of several U.S. Army special operators…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield A Russian warship entered the eastern Mediterranean Friday and was heading toward the area where two U.S. Navy destroyers launched missile strikes into Syria, Fox News has reported. Following the US airstrikes on Syrian air bases, Fox News is reporting that a Russian military ship is headed in the…
Let’s not police the world! Representative Alan Grayson weighed in on the crisis in Syria and the upcoming draft resolution that would authorize the president to order a military strike. French President Hollande has committed to action if the United States goes to war, despite the UK parliament backing out of any planned hostilities. The…
By Russ Read More than 50 US diplomats signed a dissent memo demanding the Obama administration take military action against the Assad regime in Syria, The New York Times and Wall Street Journal report. In the memo obtained by The New York Times, the disgruntled diplomats say that American policy has been “overwhelmed” by the catastrophic violence…
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