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Remember that time we forgot a navy and had to go back and get it?

“We forgot ’em.”

By Don North, Vietnam Magazine

5 years ago

Troops may spend Christmas on US-Mexico border

The original orders called for troops to be home Dec. 15; now deployment orders may be extended through January.

By Tara Copp, AP

5 years ago

The first African-American woman to join the Coast Guard dies at 103

During World War II, Olivia Hooker became the first African-American woman to join the Coast Guard as a member of the Semper Paratus program, or SPAR.

5 years ago

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