Born at Laddonia, Missouri, on October 15, 1899, Samuel Glenn Fuqua (“Sam”) was awarded the Medal of Honor for service as a Captain aboard the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941 during the Japanese sneak attack which started World War II in the Pacific. He was a 1923 graduate of the …
Pearl Harbor 7 December, 1941 USS Arizona On a quiet morning 79 years ago today, Imperial Japanese forces attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Shocked and angered by the attack, the country joined the Allied forces to fight World War II, inspired by the call of “Remember Pearl Harbor.” THE ROOTS OF THE …
Roman-Martinez, 21 year old Fort Bragg soldier, with the 82nd Airborne Division found dead after a Memorial Day camping trip on North Carolina’s Outer Banks was decapitated, and only the head was available for an autopsy Fayetteville Observer reported. “While decapitation is, in and of itself, universally fatal, the remainder of the body in this …
NOTE: Britain will be the first country to roll out the Pfizer – BioNTech coronavirus vaccine – the first Western nation to do so, the government announced Sunday. The first doses will be distributed to health care workers and Britons over the age of 80 starting Tuesday, the National Health Service said, with VOA reporting. …