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Mass Graves, Bodies Found on Iwo Jima

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:31:52 CDT

Two mass graves that may hold the remains of up to 2,000 Japanese soldiers have been discovered on the island of Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest and most iconic battlesites of World War II, a report and officials said today. A team of Japanese searchers has discovered 51...

2 American NATO Troops Missing in Afghanistan

Harry Kimball — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:44:25 CST

Two NATO soldiers have been missing in Western Afghanistan since Wednesday after a routine supply mission went awry. “We continue exhaustive search and rescue operations to locate our missing service members,” a NATO spokesperson tells the BBC . “We are doing everything we can to find them.” That part of Afghanistan...

British Military Blasted Over White Male Toy Soldiers

Mary Papenfuss — Sun, 03 May 2009 07:57:51 CDT

The British Defense Ministry is under fire for backing a new line of all-male toy soldiers, reports the Guardian .The promotional campaign for the new toys is also all-white. The figures were created with the help of senior officials from Britain's army, navy, and the Royal Air Force. They carry...

Missing Soldier Found Alive

Katherine Thompson — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:34:23 CDT

The Fort Bliss soldier reported missing and endangered Friday has been found alive in Nevada, reports the AP, and tells family that her estranged husband abducted her from her El Paso apartment. Jeneesa Lewis, whose apartment yielded evidence of a struggle, reported being beaten and stabbed twice, and sounded "tired,...

Missing Soldier Was About to Divorce Hubby

Katherine Thompson — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:43:52 CDT

A Fort Bliss soldier reported missing on Friday had been planning to divorce her husband, says her sister. Two days before she disappeared, Jeneesa Lewis texted her sister "Yeah, he's gone. Had police go with me yesterday, it's all clear." The husband, Clinton Lewis, is also missing and believed to...

Soldier Missing After Blaze in NC Apartment

Nick McMaster — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:25:49 CDT

North Carolina police are searching for a female soldier who disappeared yesterday, her apartment blackened by a fire police are calling an arson, the Fayetteville Observer reports. Holley Lynn Wimunc, 24, was in divorce proceedings with her husband, against whom she'd recently gained a restraining order after a domestic-violence incident....

Bodies of 2 Missing GIs Found

Rob Quinn — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 02:59:29 CDT

The families of two US soldiers missing in Iraq for over a year have been informed that their bodies have been found, reports AP. Alex Jimenez, 25, and Byron Fouty, 19, were seized by insurgents in a May 2007 ambush. Four other soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division "Polar Bears"...

Army Finds Remains of Soldier Captured in 2004

Laurel Jorgensen — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:08:00 CDT

The remains of an Ohio soldier who was captured in Iraq four years ago have been found, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer . DNA tests identified the remains as Matt Maupin, 20, an Army general told the young soldier's parents. Maupin had been listed as missing in Iraq since his fuel convoy...

Army Desertion Rate High and Getting Higher

Zach Samalin — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 18:09:14 CST

The Army desertion rate for 2007 is up 43% over last year and a whopping 80% since the 2003 Iraq invasion, figures out today show. The rate is the highest since 1980, the AP reports. Moreover, it's increasing: Nearly two-thirds of this year's desertions were in the second half of...