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Slain teen ‘loved life,’ mom says before Marine vet killer’s execution
Former Marine recruiter Thomas Edwin Loden Jr. initially had stopped to help the 16-year-old girl with a flat tire.
By Emily Wagster Pettus, The Associated Press
Coast Guard commissions a cutter to honor a slain hero
The commissioning ceremony drew Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz and other service leaders.
Meet the unstoppable Mr. Smalls
He would go on to share intelligence with the U.S. Navy, fight in 17 naval battles, rise to the rank of major general, overcome illiteracy, publish a newspaper, win state and congressional offices, serve as a U.S. collector of customs and become master of his master’s plantation house. But first he had to hijack a Confederate steamer.
By Gerald S. Henig, America's Civil War Magazine
Black Union soldiers fought a costly battle for equal pay
The strategy of paying black troops less than their white counterparts pleased no one.
By Rick Beard
District attorney will not charge man who shot Marine after birthday ball
The Navy veteran who shot and killed a Marine corporal will not be charged, per self defense laws.
By Nicole Bauke