This is the newest series of videos from the NY Times that was sent to me by James Dao, NY Times National Correspondent, Military and Veteran Affairs.
Watch video by clicking on link below or cutting and pasting it into your search engine.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/world/battalion.html#/NYT/Features/38
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
NEWEST VIDEO FROM THE NY TIMES ON THE AFGHANISTAN WAR
RAW COMBAT VIDEO FROM THE FORGOTTEN WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
Raw video from the forgotten war in Afghanistan
http://youtu.be/X7W8fhEHQo4
Click on link or cut and paste to view video
Huge JDAM Bomb Dropped On Taliban Position In Afghanistan
Awesome video of huge JDAM bomb dropped on Taliban postiions in Afghanistan.
http://youtu.be/cDvg7n0jST8
Click on link or cut and paste link to view video.
KICK-ASS VIDEO: 173RD AIRBORNE PARATROOPERS BATTLE TALIBBAN AT BELLA OUTPOST AFGHANISTAN
This video shows the 173rd Airborne in a heated battle with the Taliban from Bella outpost in Afghanistan.
Watch video here.
http://youtu.be/d9wkKisRHVw
Click on link or cut and paste link to view video
FIRST HAND LOOK AT TALIBAN AMBUSH
This video shows US forces ambushed by the Taliban
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge52hGWudec&feature=feedrec_grec_index
Click or copy and paste link above to see video.
Monday, June 6, 2011
NEWS ALERT: 5 US SOLDIERS KILLED IN BAGHADAD
Five US. soldiers have been killed in Baghdad
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/06/06/iraq.soldiers.killed/
Click on link to read story
D-DAY: WHAT BETTER DAY TO SCAN THROUGH MY SCRAPBOOK OF WORLD WAR II
Today is D-Day and we can't think of a better time to scan through my scrapbook of World War II which I started when I was eleven years old.
The scrapbook was recently donated to the Pritzker Military Library in Chicago.
Click on link below and then click on arrow to advance to each page of the scrapbook.
http://issuu.com/billcorc1/docs/billcww2scrapbook
(Cut and paste above link to view scrapbook)
Bill Corcoran
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
"CORKSPHERE" NEEDS YOUR INPUT NOT MONEY
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We would like to hear from you on how we might improve the blog and what you would like to see posted.
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Bill Corcoran
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Fmr. Cpl. (E-4) United States Army Combat Engineers and Korean War veteran
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
COST OF AFGHANISTAN WAR WILL DETERMINE TROOP REDUCTION
The cost of the Afghanistan war will be the determining factor in reducing troops in Afghanistan.
The war is now costing US taxpayers SEVEN BILLION dollars a month
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/30/afghanistan-war-cost-troop-reductions_n_868875.html
Read full story here
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
BREAKING NEWS: 3 US SOLDIERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN BLAST
While Congress twiddles their thumbs debating whether the Afghanistan war should continue, three U.S. soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110531/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan_128
Click on link to read full story
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