Tag: U.S. Army
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Remains of American pilot who vanished during Vietnam War spy mission finally identified
An American pilot who was killed while flying a spy mission during the Vietnam War has been accounted for, Army officials said Tuesday. In June 1972, U.S. Navy Reserve Lt. Cmdr. Larry R. Kilpatrick took off from the USS Saratoga, an aircraft carrier moored in waters off Vietnam’s northern coast, in an A-7A “Corsair II”…
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Army doctor reaches plea deal in sexual misconduct case
An Army physician accused by more than 40 patients of sexual misconduct has reached a plea deal with prosecutors, according to his attorney. Maj. Michael Stockin, an anesthesiologist at the pain management clinic at Madigan Army Medical Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, was charged in one of the largest prosecutions by the Army of its…
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Remains of missing U.S. WWII soldier who survived Bataan Death March identified after 82 years
The remains of a missing World War II soldier from Oregon have been identified and are set to return to the state for burial, federal authorities announced Thursday. The remains of U.S. Army Private William Calkins, 20, were identified after being exhumed along with other unknown soldiers buried at the Manila American Cemetery in the…