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From the Archives

The bullet-riddled truck in which four United Nations Command soldiers — two Americans and two South Koreans — were killed in an ambush at the Korean DMZ in April, 1968.

DMZ ambush survivors seen lucky to be alive

Observers at the scene of Sunday night's bold ambush by Communist North Koreans who machine-gunned and killed four United Nations Command soldiers reached one conclusion: "I don't see how anybody survived this."

Gilbert Graak, 75, works out every day in the Samurai Fitness Center at Yokota Air Base, Japan. A resident of nearby Fussa, he also stops off at the library to read the newspaper and hits the commissary before riding back home on his bicycle.

Many military retirees living overseas want better services

To make good on his military health care benefits, Jim Houtsma and his family must trek eight hours from his home in the southern Philippines to a hospital in Manila.

Retired Lt. Col. Charles Kettles, speaks to the media after receiving the Medal of Honor at the White House on July 18, 2016.

Kettles receives Medal of Honor for daring Vietnam War mission

Vietnam helicopter pilot Charles “Chuck” Kettles saved dozens of soldiers’ lives during a daring rescue mission in 1967, setting an example of selflessness for the country as it now struggles with divisions and violence, President Barack Obama said Monday.

Female pilots, from left, Frances Green, Margaret (Peg) Kirchner, Ann Waldner and Blanche Osborn, walk from their aircraft at Lockbourne Army Air Force Base in Ohio during World War II.

White House: Obama will sign burial rights for female WWII pilots

President Barack Obama is expected to sign a law this week allowing a group of trailblazing female World War II pilots to be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, the White House said Thursday.

U.S. Army Maj. Charles Kettles, posing in front of a 121st Aviation Company UH-1H, during his second Vietnam tour of duty, 1969.

‘Eventually the thing did fly’: Vietnam pilot to receive Medal of Honor

Charles Kettles knew the eight troops climbing aboard his helicopter would overload it, potentially grounding them amid North Vietnamese machine gun and mortar fire.

Charles Kettles

Vietnam War helicopter pilot to get Medal of Honor

A Huey helicopter pilot from the Vietnam War will become the latest recipient of the Medal of Honor on Monday.

A Navy illustration depicts Bernice "Bee" Haydu who served as a Women Airforce Service Pilot during World War II.

Obama reinstates burial rights of WASP pilots

President Barack Obama on Friday signed a law reinstating the right of the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots, a group of pioneering female fliers, to be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, according to the White House.