“That’s not how we treat our ladies,” Veteran recovering after trying to stop violent assault on woman
BY KFOR-TV
APRIL 12, 2016
A GoFundMe account has been created to help pay for Richardson’s medical bills. It has already raised over $15,000 in three days.
CHANDLER, Ariz. – An Iraq war veteran is recovering from serious injuries after he attempted to stop a violent assault on a woman.
Now, investigators are searching for an 18-year-old man accused of running over the veteran with his vehicle.
“He committed a very serious felony,” Det. Seth Tyler, with the Chandler Police Department, said. “He caused serious, life-threatening injuries to someone who was trying to help.”
Investigators say Steven Richardson, a veteran who served two tours in Iraq, was in the parking lot of a Jack in the Box when he saw a woman being abused.
Witnesses described the attack as “very violent” and while several people told 18-year-old Cody Gibson to stop, Richardson was the only one who got physically involved.
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Youngest British soldier to serve in Afghanistan 'was killed while home on leave when he was attacked by drunken thugs who shook hands with each other after leaving him to die in the street'
Daily Mail UK
By SAM TONKIN FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 08:33 EST, 12 April 2016
The youngest British soldier to serve in Afghanistan was killed on leave in his home town by vodka-swigging thugs who shook hands after leaving him to die in the street, a court has heard.
Serviceman Dave Curnow, 20, died during an alcohol-fuelled attack that was totally without provocation, a jury was told.
The victim was posted to Helmand province in March 2013 just days after turning 18 and survived a six-month tour that included several firefights with the Taliban.
But when he returned home Mr Curnow was killed while catching up with friends on a night out in Redruth, Cornwall, after he was brutally attacked outside a takeaway.
Liam Laing, 21, of Chacewater, Cornwall, has already admitted killing the brave serviceman.
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Vietnam War airman's death re-examined after decades of controversy
Stars and Stripes
By Travis J. Tritten
Published: April 11, 2016
“MIA is not closure, though it is better than this travesty that exists in the file to this day,” said his younger brother John Matejov, who is a retired Marine officer. “We shouldn’t have to fight for that.”
WASHINGTON — The Air Force closed the case on Sgt. Joseph Matejov when his surveillance aircraft went down at the end of the Vietnam War.
The missing airman was deemed killed in the fiery crash, and more than two decades later a group gravestone was installed at Arlington National Cemetery. A single casket containing bone fragments recovered in Laos was lowered into the ground at the 1996 funeral for Matejov and seven fellow Air Force crewmembers.
Officially, it was the end of the military’s accounting.
But the funeral did not bury the controversy over the downed aircraft, call sign Baron 52. The case’s long history is riddled with doubts and disagreements within the Pentagon, intelligence community and Congress over whether Matejov died that night in 1973.
Now, the Air Force and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency are re-examining the incident after decades of pressure from Matejov’s family and could change his status from killed to missing in action. A decision could be made within weeks.
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Airman found dead at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam
Stars and Stripes
Published: April 11, 2016
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam — An active-duty airman has been found dead at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.
Officials with 36th Security Forces were notified of the death Monday, an Air Force statement said. The cause of death is under investigation.
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Navy Veteran Had Radios Shot Off His Back In Vietnam
Greensville Sun
Brad Hicks
April 11, 2016
It was Ronald B. Coleman's job to ensure that vital communications were maintained in the most perilous of conditions.
On Saturday, the Vietnam War veteran was surrounded by his wife and friends as he was honored with a Quilt of Honor, Respect and Valor by the Greene County Quilters.
Coleman, 69, was born in Baltimore, Md. When he was around 9, Coleman's father, who worked for what would become the Martin Marietta Corporation, was transferred to Denver, Colo.
After residing in the Mile High City for around eight years, Coleman's father was transferred to Orlando, Fla.
In 1967, the 20-year-old Coleman volunteered for military service, opting to do so rather than being drafted. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and achieved the rank of Petty Officer Third Class.
After deciding to enlist, Coleman was soon faced with the decision on where to attend boot camp. His options where the Naval Training Center in San Diego, Calif., or the Recruit Training Command in Great Lakes, Ill.
"They gave me a choice of San Diego or Great Lakes," Coleman said.
"And that Florida boy did not want Great Lakes," his wife, Darryl, added.
Following this training and about a month after arriving in the Vietnamese city of Da Nang, Coleman was transferred to the northern I Corps at the Cua Viet Naval Base along the Cua Viet River. Coleman said the base was located only around 3 miles from North Vietnam.
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