Story by Sgt. Jorden Newbanks | Camp Ripley Training Center | 04.09.2024
The 194th Tank Battalion holds an annual wreath laying memorial ceremony for the Battle of Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines during World War Two at the Minnesota National Guard Armory in Brainerd Minnesota, on April 9th, 2024....
Story by 1st Lt. Cody Stagner | 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 07.01.2020
Kentucky picker recovers historical artifacts once belonging to Kentucky Guardsman, World War II prisoner of war. This is the second part in a two-part series. Part 1 is a news release covering the discovery of lost artifacts. Part 2 is a brief history of the Kentucky Army National Guard Sgt. Ernest L. Sampson, Jr., a member of the 192nd Tank Battalion, and his survival as captive of enemy......
Story by Capt. Cody Stagner | 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.19.2020
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Several decades ago, Andrew M. Bryant, Jr., 72, discovered abandoned items from a World War II prisoner of war while rummaging a house in state of ruin near Harrodsburg, Kentucky. He recently turned in these artifacts to the Kentucky Army National Guard in hopes of future preservation of this piece of history....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zachary Anderson | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 04.26.2019
USS Bataan (LHD 5) commemorates the 77th anniversary of the Battle of Bataan with survivor and WWII veterans.
Story by Sgt. Natalie Dillon | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 04.09.2018
KADENA AIR FORCE BASE, OKINAWA, Japan – Since the end of the Spanish-American War in 1902, the U.S. and Philippines have worked diligently to maintain an unshakable alliance. During WWII, that alliance was put to the test when 1st Marine Aircraft Wing took to the skies in the Philippine theater to drive out the invading Imperial Japanese Army....
Courtesy Story | USS Bataan (LHD 5) | 04.14.2017
By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Raymond Minami and Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Rodgers, USS Bataan (LHD 5) Public Affairs GULF OF ADEN – Amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) commemorated the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Bataan and ensuing Bataan Death March by hosting a number of events April 9 to 14, while deployed in the 5th Fleet Area of......
Story by Sgt. Austin Hazard | 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit | 04.09.2014
Thud thud thud thud thud. The soft, quick bangs echoed throughout the medical workspaces. Thirty here, fifty there. But the ship’s corpsmen pay it no mind and go about their business....
Story by Staff Sgt. David Bruce | Indiana National Guard Headquarters | 06.18.2011
An Imperial Japanese flag was presented to the commander of the 38th Infantry Division in a ceremony at the division headquarters....
