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Sgt. Ross F. Gray carried a satchel charge though a minefield while under heavy Japanese fire. What followed became one of...

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On April 18, 1988, the U.S. Navy destroyed two Iranian oil platforms, sunk one frigate and a missile boat, crippled a second...

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The 4th Marine Division and the Army's 7th Infantry Division landed on several islands within the atoll. Four days later...