Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, United States Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith received the Medal of Honor posthumously during a White House ceremony April 4, 2005. Spouse: Birgit Smith Children: David A. Smith, Jessica M. Smith Parents: Donald and Janice Pvirre Hometown: Tampa, Florida
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For the first time since World War II, an Army woman was awarded the Silver Star for valor June 16, 2005 in Iraq. Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester of the 617th Military Police Company, a National Guard unit out of Richmond, Ky., received the Silver Star, along with two other members of her unit, for their
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This category is reserved for the fine women and men of the United States Armed Forces. In December 2006, I retired after 30+ combined years in the United States Army and I am proud to carry on the tradition of Duty, Honor, Country by paying well-deserved tributes to those I served with and who are
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There’s an old saying that goes: “Let your life serve as a warning to others”. In Jimmy Carter’s case, that’s an understatement. In the “worst president in history” category, it’s a tie between Jimmy Carter and Bubba Clinton. Neither was keen on national security, and both were dismal failures at foreign policy. They were however,
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This year’s Kent State ritual had something in common with the recent Virginia Tech murders; both were commemorated at Kent State and both incidents were a result of student violence. On hand for the ceremony were Cindy Sheehan, who makes a lifestyle out of prostituting her grief by exploiting her brave son to the Left,
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When it comes to practicing double standards, no group of individuals performs better than the legion of paranoid doomsday theorists, who find cataclysm behind every door, or in this case, Fahrenheit. This time around, their leader is Al Gore, who keeps getting ridiculous extensions on his 15 minutes. “Weatherman” Al’s Godzilla-sized carbon footprint, by the
