I was a reporter and columnist for 40 years for a chain of newspapers in the suburbs of Chicago. I'm a military veteran having served in the United States Army Combat Engineers (Cpl. E-4) and a Korean War veteran with an Honorable Discharge from the Armed Forces of the United States of America
U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, assault a village and engage in a firefight with Insurgents in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan.
Eight soldiers with the 95th and 571st Sapper Companies, 14th Engineer Battalion, received Purple Heart medals on Christmas Day at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province. Produced by Marine Staff Sgt. Jeremy Ross. Includes soundbites from 1st Lt. Thomas Bazemore, engineer officer of 95th Sapper Company, from Leavenworth, Kan., Maj. Gen. John A. Toolan, commanding general, Regional Command Southwest, and Pfc. Jared Murry, combat engineer, 95th Sapper Co., from El Dorado, Ark. 12.25.2011. Also available in high definition.
