A 19-year-old New Mexico man killed in action during the Korean War has been accounted for, military officials said Tuesday. U.S. Army Sgt. Celestino Chavez enlisted in the military in 1949, when he was 17 years old, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said in a news release. Chavez was assigned to D Battery, in the … Read more
CBS News exclusively spoke with a member of the Army’s 103rd Sustainment Command, which is based in Iowa. The soldier survived an Iranian drone strike that killed six others and said their unit was “unprepared” to defend itself. Jonah Kaplan has more. Source link
NEW ORLEANS — A U.S. Army staff sergeant is trying to halt his wife’s deportation after she was detained inside a Louisiana military base where the couple was planning to live together just days after their wedding. The effort to remove the soldier’s wife, who was born in Honduras and remained in a federal immigration … Read more
An American-born Israeli soldier was killed in combat in southern Lebanon, Israeli officials said Sunday. Sgt. Moshe Yitzchak Hacohen Katz, 22, was born in New Haven, Connecticut, according to a post from the Israel Defense Forces. He was posthumously promoted from corporal to sergeant, the military said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that … Read more
In an exclusive CBS News interview, Joey Amor, the husband of Nicole Amor reflects on her bravery and service after the Army Reserve soldier was killed in a March 1 Iranian drone strike in Kuwait. Watch his extended conversation with Jonah Kaplan. Source link
A skeleton which could belong to d’Artagnan, the French soldier who inspired the novel The Three Musketeers, has been discovered in a church in the Dutch city where he died centuries ago, local media reported Wednesday. The skeleton was found in Maastricht, in the nave of a modern church whose origins date back to at … Read more
In an exclusive interview with CBS News, the husband of Army Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor reflects on his final moments with his wife and how he wants her to be remembered. Amor was one of six soldiers killed in a drone attack at a command center in Kuwait a day after the Iran war … Read more
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — Vice President JD Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth joined the grieving family of a Kentucky man who was the seventh U.S. service member to die in combat during the Iran war as his remains were brought back to the U.S. Monday evening. The dignified transfer, which honors U.S. service members killed … Read more
The remains of an American World War II veteran who died while serving in the Korean War have been identified thanks to an old photograph after newer forensic techniques came up short, U.S. military officials revealed on Thursday. U.S. Army Sgt. Roger Duquesne, 25, was assigned to A Company, 89th Medium Tank Battalion, 25th Infantry … Read more