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US will store aid on Gaza beach as UN pauses distribution from pier
The U.S. military plans to stockpile aid shipments on a secure Gaza beach as the U.N. pauses distribution from the U.S.-built pier over security concerns.
How the Gaza pier traces its origins to tossed cigar boxes before WWII
The remarkable story of how a Navy officer's innovation evolved into the concept behind the U.S.-built floating pier.
By Frank A. Blazich Jr., Smithsonian Institution, The Conversation
Even with aid arriving, training still needed for Ukraine triumph
'In six days, we covered all the theories that NATO artillerymen go through in half a year.'
By Tom Mutch
Gaza aid pier mission involving US troops is off to a chaotic start
A U.S.-involved effort to deliver aid to Gaza has begun tumultuously, with aid trucks overrun and at least one person feared dead over the weekend.
Houthi rebels claim shooting down second US drone in past week
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed on Tuesday that they shot down an American drone over the country on the Arabian Peninsula.
Trucks are rolling across the US pier into Gaza, but challenges remain
Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip have rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the besieged enclave for the first time.
Purple Heart awarded to Korean War veteran 73 years after injury
After 73 years and a long fight with the Army, a Korean War veteran from Minnesota who was wounded in combat finally got his Purple Heart.
Archaeologists believe they’ve uncovered Revolutionary War barracks
Recovered artifacts at the Virginia site include chimney bricks and musket balls that were indented with soldiers’ teeth.
A jacket, a coin, a letter: Relics of Omaha Beach tell the D-Day story
Eighty years ago, Allied soldiers crossed the choppy waters of the English Channel to land on Normandy beaches to defeat Hitler’s regime.
By Frank A. Blazich Jr., Smithsonian Institution, The Conversation