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History Of Suicide Charley

On 24 October 1942, the 1st Marine Division was occupying a defensive position around Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. The 1st Battalion 7th Marines, commanded by LtCol Lewis B “Chesty” Puller helped form this line.

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The Tet Offensive at Da Nang PDF Print E-mail
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On the evening of 28 January, just west of Hieu Duc, a Marine squad from Company C, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines ambushed a three-man Viet Cong reconnaissance patrol. The Marines killed two of the enemy and wounded the third. The Marines evacuated the survivor to the Naval Support Activity hospital where he died of his wounds. Before his death, however, the Vietnamese identified himself as Major Nguyen Van Lam, the commanding officer of the R-20 Doc Lap Battalion. From the recovery of Lam's notebook and a detailed sketch map of Hill 10, the location of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines' command post.......

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Militants attack Yemen army base in south (Reuters)
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Reuters - Militants attacked a Yemeni army base in the country's south, a local official said on Saturday, highlighting a security breakdown just week [ ... ]


Lawmakers press for answers on hazing in military (AP)
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AP - The plea for congressional hearings on the military's efforts to prevent hazing was highly personal for one lawmaker....


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