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outpost harry korean war the veterans greeks amp americans vs chinese
Bookmarked 609 weeks ago outpost harry was a remote korean war station located on a tiny hilltop in what was commonly referred to as the quotiron trianglequot on the korean peninsula this was an area approximately 60 miles 100 km north of seoul and was the most direct route to the south korean capitalmore than 88000 rounds of chinese artillery fell on outpost harry since the outpost was defended each night by only a single company of american or greek soldiers the chinese had anticipated an easy capture over a period of eight days waves of chinese forces moved into the outposts trench lines and totalling over 13000 soldiers five unc companies four us and one greek took turns in defending the outpostmost of the fighting occurred at night under heavy mortar fire while the daylight hours were usually spent by the unc forces evacuating the dead and wounded replacing the defending company sending up resupplies and repairing the fortified positions the daylight hours were punctuated with artillery mortar and sniper fire making repairs and reinforcement a more dangerous task during the 4 to 5 days prior to the initial attack on the outpost chinese artillery and mortar fire increased from an average of 275 to 670 per day during daylight hoursthe soldiers of the greek expeditionary force adapted its name and called it outpost quotharosquot the modern greek equivalent to charon greek mythology039s ferryman to the underworld of hadesthe chinese forces employed against outpost harry were tabulated by us intelligence sections:june 10 and june 11: one reinforced regiment approximately 3600 troopsjune 11 and june 12: one regiment approximately 2850 troopsjune 12 and june 13: one reinforced regimentjune 13 and june 14: an estimated 100 troopsjune 14 and june 15: an estimated 120 troopsjune 17 and june 18: one regimentduring this period the entire 74th division was utilized against this position and at the end of the engagement was considered combat ineffective rounds fired in support of their attack amounted to 88810 rounds over 81mm in size: unc mortar and artillery units in conjunction with friendly tank fires expended 368 185 rounds over 81mm in sizecasualty figures were15th infantry regiment - 68 kia 343 wia 35 mia katusa - 8 kia 51 wia 7 miagreek expeditionary force sparta battalion - 15 kia 36 wia 1 miaattached and supporting units 5th rct - 13 kia 67 wia 1 mia10th engineer battalion - 5 kia 23 wia 39th fa - 5 kia 13 wiafor the first time in the annals of us military history five rifle companies together four american and one greek would receive the prestigious distinguished unit citation for the outstanding performance of their shared mission |
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weekly address: bringing home our troops
Bookmarked 737 weeks ago president obama discusses how the death of moammar qadhafi in libya and the announcement that troops from iraq will return home by the end of the year are strong reminders that the united states has renewed its leadership in the world |
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ron paul quotthe more drone missiles we use to kill people the less safe we arequot pt1
Bookmarked 722 weeks ago february 06 2012 c-span http:moxnewscom |
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army called in to stop parade in hartford connecticut during puertio rican day festival
Bookmarked 703 weeks ago patrick henningson was sent video from a listener which shows the army national guard wielding wooden batons on the streets of hartford connecticut during puerto rican day celebrations |
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saif gaddafi arming civilian militias
Bookmarked 771 weeks ago translation:saif -- guys guys listen listen we need high spirits more chantingsaif: listen listen brothers the people have said the police force have joined the protesters but today we will prove the opposite context -- saif is hinting at an idea -- to equip his supporters with police clothing and request them to enter the protests undercoversaif: do you need weaponssaif: one minute please you will receive all the support all the facilities and weapons etc everything will be okay and you will be victorioussaif: 039today we039re not inviting you for rice ampamp meat039 libyan saying meaning: we mean business this is what i want to tell you today039saif- listen listen this is your country now we shall leave and you have all the backing but your country unknown word italians the protesters you confront are nothing they are bums brats and druggies today brothers tripoli that you live in will be cleared of protesterssaif: i shall leave now and i will send you weapons tonight i will return with more people and weapons |
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sec of defense pannetta demands full accountability on disposal of veterans remains in landfills
Bookmarked 735 weeks ago november 11 2011 msnbc http:moxnewscom |
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us troops in afghanistan burning bill o039reilly039s books he is sending them
Bookmarked 738 weeks ago october 19 2011 current tv keith olbermann http:moxnewscom |
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amazing speech by war veteran
Bookmarked 771 weeks ago what is really happening in iraq http:wwwthelibertyundergroundnet201102what-is-really-happening-in-iraqhtmlif you liked this video do consider sharing it with your friends and acquaintances thank you our real enemies are not those living in a distant land whose names or policies we don039t understand the real enemy is a system that wages war when it039s profitable the ceos who lay us off our jobs when it039s profitable the insurance companies who deny us health care when it039s profitable the banks who take away our homes when it039s profitable our enemies are not several hundred thousands away they are right here in front of us- mike prysnerplease support the veterans at:http:wwwivaworgalso visitwwwantiwarcomthe name of the track used is boards of canada - davyan cowboyspeech transcript:http:dotsubcomview749fb533-dad3-4105-a56e-565e3f6d0972viewtranscriptengwatch with spanish sub titlesasombroso discurso de un veterano subtitulado espaoldiscurso de mike prysner indicando quienes son el enemigo verdadero de su paishttp:wwwyoutubecomwatchv=9kwu-jhetmm |
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texas judge warns of obama civil war
Bookmarked 694 weeks ago http:wwwchroncomnewshouston-texasarticlelubbock-judge-warns-of-obama-civil-war-3807672phpfair use notice: this video may contain copyrighted material such material is made available for educational purposes only this constitutes a 039fair use039 of any such copyrighted material as provided for in title 17 usc section 107 of the us copyright lawhttp:ronpaul2012com ron paul video playlisthttp:wwwyoutubecomplaylistlist=pl510c370436a3e63dobama civil war lubbock county texas judge tom head united nations sovereignty foreign troops martial law civil unrest riots lexington concord re-election |
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fireworks on the national mall from the white house
Bookmarked 701 weeks ago the national mall fireworks as seen from the south lawn of the white house july 4 2012 |
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weekly address: a new chapter in afghanistan
Bookmarked 710 weeks ago president obama calls on congress to take the money we are no longer spending at war use half of it to pay down our debt and use the other half to rebuild america |
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weekly address: coming together to remember
Bookmarked 745 weeks ago president obama pays tribute to the first responders those who have served and those who lost their lives ten years ago in the september 11th attacks visit servegov for ways to commemorate the solemn anniversary in your community |
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are 1500 us troop deaths in afghanistan enough reasons to end the war
Bookmarked 759 weeks ago sign our petition to end the afghanistan war: http:rethinkafghanistancommemorial day is coming up and we039ve just passed a grim milestone: 1500 us troop deaths in afghanistan enough is enough the war isn039t making us safer and it039s not worth the cost and this should be the last memorial day when we put military families through this kind of agony bring the troops homesign our petition at http:rethinkafghanistancom |
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president obama signs a bill offering tax credits to business that hire veterans
Bookmarked 733 weeks ago the president signs into law two tax credits that encourage businesses to hire veterans both the returning heroes and wounded warrior tax credits were proposed in the american jobs act november 21 2011 |