Today I remember my dad who was RCEME - Canada Armed Forces, my grandfather Royal British Military who fought in WWII, my great grandfather Royal British Military, who fought in WWI. #WeRememberThem #RemembranceDay2024 #LestWeForget 🇨🇦🇬🇧
November 11, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Today I remember my dad who was RCEME - Canada Armed Forces, my grandfather Royal British Military who fought in WWII, my great grandfather Royal British Military, who fought in WWI. #WeRememberThem #RemembranceDay2024 #LestWeForget 🇨🇦🇬🇧
Remembering the Canadian soldiers who died on a mission of mercy at the close of the Second World War
Canadians gave their lives right until the last full day of fighting in Europe #Canada #WeRememberThem
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Canadians gave their lives right until the last full day of fighting in Europe #Canada #WeRememberThem
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Remembering the Canadian soldiers who died on a mission of mercy at the close of the Second World War | CBC News
There were celebrations in the Netherlands but fierce fighting in northern Germany as word of Nazi surrender spread. Eighty years later, this is the story of two of the 20 Canadians lost on the last f...
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May 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Remembering the Canadian soldiers who died on a mission of mercy at the close of the Second World War
Canadians gave their lives right until the last full day of fighting in Europe #Canada #WeRememberThem
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Canadians gave their lives right until the last full day of fighting in Europe #Canada #WeRememberThem
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Fourteen members of the US Colored Troops received the Medal of Honor for their heroics #OTD in 1864.
By the end of the Battle of New Market Heights, over 50 percent of the Black division had been killed, captured, or wounded.
#WeRememberThem.
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By the end of the Battle of New Market Heights, over 50 percent of the Black division had been killed, captured, or wounded.
#WeRememberThem.
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New Market Heights
On the Civil War battlefield before you, U. S. Colored Troops (USCTs) in Maj. Gen. David Birney’s X Corps risked their lives to fight for freedom and...
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September 29, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Fourteen members of the US Colored Troops received the Medal of Honor for their heroics #OTD in 1864.
By the end of the Battle of New Market Heights, over 50 percent of the Black division had been killed, captured, or wounded.
#WeRememberThem.
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By the end of the Battle of New Market Heights, over 50 percent of the Black division had been killed, captured, or wounded.
#WeRememberThem.
www.battlefields.org/visit/herita...
US Marine Corporal Laville was killed in a fire at Cherry Point Naval Air Station in 1944. She died while rescuing fellow Marines.
An obstacle on the final training course at Parris Island is named “Cpl. Laville’s Duty.”
#WeRememberThem on Memorial Day.
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An obstacle on the final training course at Parris Island is named “Cpl. Laville’s Duty.”
#WeRememberThem on Memorial Day.
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Corporal Germaine Laville - Women Marines Association
Corporal Germaine Laville Laville lived in Plaquemine, La., graduated from LSU in 1942 with a bachelor’s degree in education and was a member of Chi Omega sorority. The oldest of seven children, she...
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May 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
US Marine Corporal Laville was killed in a fire at Cherry Point Naval Air Station in 1944. She died while rescuing fellow Marines.
An obstacle on the final training course at Parris Island is named “Cpl. Laville’s Duty.”
#WeRememberThem on Memorial Day.
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An obstacle on the final training course at Parris Island is named “Cpl. Laville’s Duty.”
#WeRememberThem on Memorial Day.
www.womenmarines.org/corporal-ger...
The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is the largest American military cemetery in Europe. The cemetery has 14,246 graves, including 9 dead who were awarded the Medal of Honor.
#LestWeForget + #WeRememberThem. www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-m...
#LestWeForget + #WeRememberThem. www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-m...
About Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery - American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC)
Within the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France, which covers 130.5 acres, rest the largest number of our military dead in Europe, a total of 14,246. Most of those […]
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September 26, 2026 at 6:49 PM
The Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery is the largest American military cemetery in Europe. The cemetery has 14,246 graves, including 9 dead who were awarded the Medal of Honor.
#LestWeForget + #WeRememberThem. www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-m...
#LestWeForget + #WeRememberThem. www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-m...
The mortal remains of Seaman 1st Class Wayne Newton were laid to rest yesterday in his hometown in Indiana.
Newton was KIA while on board the USS California on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
#HoosierSky + #WeRememberThem.
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Newton was KIA while on board the USS California on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
#HoosierSky + #WeRememberThem.
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After 84 years, U.S. sailor killed during Pearl Harbor attack laid to rest in Terre Haute
On Saturday, more than 84 years after Seaman 1st Class Wayne Newton made the ultimate sacrifice at Pearl Harbor, he was laid to rest at Grandview Cemetery in Terre Haute
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May 17, 2026 at 3:49 PM
The mortal remains of Seaman 1st Class Wayne Newton were laid to rest yesterday in his hometown in Indiana.
Newton was KIA while on board the USS California on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
#HoosierSky + #WeRememberThem.
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Newton was KIA while on board the USS California on December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor.
#HoosierSky + #WeRememberThem.
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It's Black History Month.
US Army Air Corps Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr. died yesterday. He was one of the last surviving combat pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
#WeRememberThem and #HistorySky.
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US Army Air Corps Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr. died yesterday. He was one of the last surviving combat pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
#WeRememberThem and #HistorySky.
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Bloomfield Hills veteran, one of the last surviving combat pilots in the Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100
One of the last surviving combat pilots in the Tuskegee Airmen has died Sunday in Bloomfield Hills.
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February 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It's Black History Month.
US Army Air Corps Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr. died yesterday. He was one of the last surviving combat pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
#WeRememberThem and #HistorySky.
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US Army Air Corps Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr. died yesterday. He was one of the last surviving combat pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
#WeRememberThem and #HistorySky.
www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
Mess Attendant Dorie Miller was aboard the USS West Virginia #OTD in 1941 during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He manned a machine gun and was awarded the Navy Cross for his bravery. The Pittsburgh Courier saved his story for us today.
#WeRememberThem.
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#WeRememberThem.
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Dorie Miller at Pearl Harbor: Telling a hero’s story
The heroic tale of Dorie Miller has become a familiar part of World War II lore, but it took months after the Pearl Harbor attack — and plenty of digging by one newspaper in particular —…
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December 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Mess Attendant Dorie Miller was aboard the USS West Virginia #OTD in 1941 during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He manned a machine gun and was awarded the Navy Cross for his bravery. The Pittsburgh Courier saved his story for us today.
#WeRememberThem.
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#WeRememberThem.
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US Army Lt. Aaron Fisher of Lyles Station, IN was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart and the Croix de Guerre for "exceptional bravery" while fighting in France #OTD during #WW1.
#WeRememberThem + #HoosierSky + #HistorySky.
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#WeRememberThem + #HoosierSky + #HistorySky.
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September 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
US Army Lt. Aaron Fisher of Lyles Station, IN was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart and the Croix de Guerre for "exceptional bravery" while fighting in France #OTD during #WW1.
#WeRememberThem + #HoosierSky + #HistorySky.
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#WeRememberThem + #HoosierSky + #HistorySky.
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Marine Pfc Harold Gonsalves was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism 80 years ago next month. He received this award posthumously. He died in Okinawa when he threw himself on a grenade to save fellow Marines.
#WeRememberThem + #HistorySky.
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#WeRememberThem + #HistorySky.
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The Medal of Honor Recipient Erased in the Pentagon's DEI Purge
Private 1st Class Harold Gonsalves received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
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March 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Marine Pfc Harold Gonsalves was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism 80 years ago next month. He received this award posthumously. He died in Okinawa when he threw himself on a grenade to save fellow Marines.
#WeRememberThem + #HistorySky.
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#WeRememberThem + #HistorySky.
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He was very young, only is his middle twenties, but he carried in him a sincerity and gentleness that made people want to be guided by him.
“After my own father, he comes next,” a sergeant told me.
“He always looked after us,” a soldier said. “He’d go to bat for us every time.”
#WeRememberThem.
“After my own father, he comes next,” a sergeant told me.
“He always looked after us,” a soldier said. “He’d go to bat for us every time.”
#WeRememberThem.
January 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
He was very young, only is his middle twenties, but he carried in him a sincerity and gentleness that made people want to be guided by him.
“After my own father, he comes next,” a sergeant told me.
“He always looked after us,” a soldier said. “He’d go to bat for us every time.”
#WeRememberThem.
“After my own father, he comes next,” a sergeant told me.
“He always looked after us,” a soldier said. “He’d go to bat for us every time.”
#WeRememberThem.
Reposting.
Miller did not survive #WW2. He was aboard the USS Liscome Bay (ACV/CVE-56) when it was torpedoed on November 24, 1943. It sank in 23 minutes, 644 sailors went down with their ship.
#WeRememberThem... for their sacrifices, their courage under fire and breaking barriers.
Miller did not survive #WW2. He was aboard the USS Liscome Bay (ACV/CVE-56) when it was torpedoed on November 24, 1943. It sank in 23 minutes, 644 sailors went down with their ship.
#WeRememberThem... for their sacrifices, their courage under fire and breaking barriers.
Mess Attendant Dorie Miller was aboard the USS West Virginia #OTD in 1941 during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He manned a machine gun and was awarded the Navy Cross for his bravery. The Pittsburgh Courier saved his story for us today.
#WeRememberThem.
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#WeRememberThem.
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Dorie Miller at Pearl Harbor: Telling a hero’s story
The heroic tale of Dorie Miller has become a familiar part of World War II lore, but it took months after the Pearl Harbor attack — and plenty of digging by one newspaper in particular —…
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August 21, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Reposting.
Miller did not survive #WW2. He was aboard the USS Liscome Bay (ACV/CVE-56) when it was torpedoed on November 24, 1943. It sank in 23 minutes, 644 sailors went down with their ship.
#WeRememberThem... for their sacrifices, their courage under fire and breaking barriers.
Miller did not survive #WW2. He was aboard the USS Liscome Bay (ACV/CVE-56) when it was torpedoed on November 24, 1943. It sank in 23 minutes, 644 sailors went down with their ship.
#WeRememberThem... for their sacrifices, their courage under fire and breaking barriers.
Born #OTD in 1914, British agent Noor Inayat Khan. She worked with the French resistance as wireless operator. She was captured by the Nazis and executed at Dachau in 1944.
Khan received the George Cross and the French Croix de Guerre posthumously.
#WeRememberThem.
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Khan received the George Cross and the French Croix de Guerre posthumously.
#WeRememberThem.
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Meet the Muslims who sacrificed themselves to save Jews and fight Nazis in World War II
Given recent history, it's a story that deserves retelling.
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January 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Born #OTD in 1914, British agent Noor Inayat Khan. She worked with the French resistance as wireless operator. She was captured by the Nazis and executed at Dachau in 1944.
Khan received the George Cross and the French Croix de Guerre posthumously.
#WeRememberThem.
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Khan received the George Cross and the French Croix de Guerre posthumously.
#WeRememberThem.
wapo.st/45xWLr0
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November 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
“Boys, I only did my duty; the Old Flag never touched the ground.”
Sgt Carney was likely the first Black American to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He was born into slavery in Virginia.
#WeRememberThem + #HstiorySKy.
Sgt Carney was likely the first Black American to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He was born into slavery in Virginia.
#WeRememberThem + #HstiorySKy.
Union troops, headed by the African-American 54th MA, attacked Fort Wagner, SC, #otd in 1863. While the assault failed, the men of the 54th were subsequently praised for their valor. Shown here: Sgt. William Carney, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions that day.
July 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
“Boys, I only did my duty; the Old Flag never touched the ground.”
Sgt Carney was likely the first Black American to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He was born into slavery in Virginia.
#WeRememberThem + #HstiorySKy.
Sgt Carney was likely the first Black American to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He was born into slavery in Virginia.
#WeRememberThem + #HstiorySKy.
Sgt Sims of the 101st Airborne Division was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroics #OTD in 1968.
“SSG Sims made the greatest sacrifice a soldier can make … and no mark of tribute can be too great.”
#BlackHistoryMonth + #WeRememberThem.
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“SSG Sims made the greatest sacrifice a soldier can make … and no mark of tribute can be too great.”
#BlackHistoryMonth + #WeRememberThem.
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How a homeless orphan from Florida earned the Medal of Honor in Vietnam
Staff Sgt. Clifford Chester Sims, who grew up homeless eating spare food from strangers, gave his life for his fellow soldiers.
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February 21, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Sgt Sims of the 101st Airborne Division was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroics #OTD in 1968.
“SSG Sims made the greatest sacrifice a soldier can make … and no mark of tribute can be too great.”
#BlackHistoryMonth + #WeRememberThem.
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“SSG Sims made the greatest sacrifice a soldier can make … and no mark of tribute can be too great.”
#BlackHistoryMonth + #WeRememberThem.
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Master Sgt Shay was a medic with the US Army First Infantry Division - the "Big Red One." Also served in Korea.
#WeRememberThem.
#WeRememberThem.
World War II veteran Charles Norman Shay, of Indian Island, was awarded the Silver Star for saving fellow soldiers from drowning during D-Day.
Celebrated Penobscot D-Day veteran Charles Shay dies at 101
World War II veteran Charles Norman Shay, of Indian Island, was awarded the Silver Star for saving fellow soldiers from drowning during D-Day.
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December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Master Sgt Shay was a medic with the US Army First Infantry Division - the "Big Red One." Also served in Korea.
#WeRememberThem.
#WeRememberThem.
"They will never know the beauty of this place" Remembering those who gave all so we could live in freedom & the beauty of #NovaScotia #WeRememberThem #BlueskyArtShow #VisitNovaScotia @historicacanada.bsky.social fineartamerica.com/featured/the... @rcaffoundation.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
"They will never know the beauty of this place" Remembering those who gave all so we could live in freedom & the beauty of #NovaScotia #WeRememberThem #BlueskyArtShow #VisitNovaScotia @historicacanada.bsky.social fineartamerica.com/featured/the... @rcaffoundation.bsky.social
Senator Inouye was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism #OTD in 1945. He was a Lieutenant in Company E of the 442d Regimental Combat Team. The 442d was a segregated Japanese American army combat unit.
#WeRememberThem + #WW2.
#WeRememberThem + #WW2.
April 21, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Senator Inouye was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism #OTD in 1945. He was a Lieutenant in Company E of the 442d Regimental Combat Team. The 442d was a segregated Japanese American army combat unit.
#WeRememberThem + #WW2.
#WeRememberThem + #WW2.
US Army Private First Class Sadao Munemori received the Medal of Honor for his heroics #OTD 80 years ago. He was a member of The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Japanese-American unit.
His family was imprisoned in the Manzanar internment camp during #WW2.
#WeRememberThem.
His family was imprisoned in the Manzanar internment camp during #WW2.
#WeRememberThem.
April 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
US Army Private First Class Sadao Munemori received the Medal of Honor for his heroics #OTD 80 years ago. He was a member of The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Japanese-American unit.
His family was imprisoned in the Manzanar internment camp during #WW2.
#WeRememberThem.
His family was imprisoned in the Manzanar internment camp during #WW2.
#WeRememberThem.
Three US Army soldiers received the Medal of Honor for their heroism #OTD in 1943 - Pvt. Mikio Hasemoto, Capt. Allen Masaharu Ohata and Pvt. Shizuya Hayashi. All 3 were "Nisei" - first generation Japanese-Americans.
#WeRememberThem.
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#WeRememberThem.
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Medal of Honor Awardees
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November 29, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Three US Army soldiers received the Medal of Honor for their heroism #OTD in 1943 - Pvt. Mikio Hasemoto, Capt. Allen Masaharu Ohata and Pvt. Shizuya Hayashi. All 3 were "Nisei" - first generation Japanese-Americans.
#WeRememberThem.
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#WeRememberThem.
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U.S. Navy Fireman 1st Class Fred H. Boyer was buried today, he died aboard the USS West Virginia on December 7, 1941.
This one hits a bit closer to home - he likely went to school with the Aults before joining the Navy.
#WeRememberThem + #HoosierSky.
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This one hits a bit closer to home - he likely went to school with the Aults before joining the Navy.
#WeRememberThem + #HoosierSky.
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Fred H. Boyer Obituary Dec 7, 1941 - Young-Nichols Funeral Home
View Fred H. Boyer's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
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September 23, 2026 at 11:03 PM
U.S. Navy Fireman 1st Class Fred H. Boyer was buried today, he died aboard the USS West Virginia on December 7, 1941.
This one hits a bit closer to home - he likely went to school with the Aults before joining the Navy.
#WeRememberThem + #HoosierSky.
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This one hits a bit closer to home - he likely went to school with the Aults before joining the Navy.
#WeRememberThem + #HoosierSky.
www.young-nichols.com/obituaries/f...
US Air Force Captain Mary Therese Klinker of Lafayette, IN was KIA #OTD 51 years ago. She was part of 'Operation Babylift' to evacuate children from Vietnam. She is memorialized on panel O1W, row 122 of "The Wall."
#WeRememberThem + #HoosierSky.
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#WeRememberThem + #HoosierSky.
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April 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
US Air Force Captain Mary Therese Klinker of Lafayette, IN was KIA #OTD 51 years ago. She was part of 'Operation Babylift' to evacuate children from Vietnam. She is memorialized on panel O1W, row 122 of "The Wall."
#WeRememberThem + #HoosierSky.
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#WeRememberThem + #HoosierSky.
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US Army 2nd Lt. Ernest Childers was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroics #OTD near Oliveto, Italy. Lt. Childers
was born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and was a member of the Muscogee Nation.
#WeRememberThem.
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was born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and was a member of the Muscogee Nation.
#WeRememberThem.
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Childers Medal of Honor
A member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Ernest Childers became the first American Indian to be awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II.
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September 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
US Army 2nd Lt. Ernest Childers was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroics #OTD near Oliveto, Italy. Lt. Childers
was born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and was a member of the Muscogee Nation.
#WeRememberThem.
www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles...
was born in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and was a member of the Muscogee Nation.
#WeRememberThem.
www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles...
The 442nd Infantry Regiment is the most decorated unit in the history of the US Army. Twenty one soldiers from the 442nd were awarded the Medal of Honor. Many of the volunteers in this unit had family in internment camps.
#WeRememberThem + #HistorySky.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/03/14/h...
#WeRememberThem + #HistorySky.
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History of the Nisei ‘Go For Broke’ WWII unit removed from Army website
The page's removal comes after President Trump's executive order ending what he called "radical" diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
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March 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The 442nd Infantry Regiment is the most decorated unit in the history of the US Army. Twenty one soldiers from the 442nd were awarded the Medal of Honor. Many of the volunteers in this unit had family in internment camps.
#WeRememberThem + #HistorySky.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/03/14/h...
#WeRememberThem + #HistorySky.
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