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District Judge M. Casey Rodgers of the Northern
District of Florida, Pensacola Division, ordered the dismissals as
roughly 270,000 similar cases are still pending. The group of lawsuits
against earplug manufacturer 3M has become the largest multidistrict
litigation in U.S. history, according to court records.
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A 30-year-old contractor at Aviano Air
Base suffered a severe traumatic brain injury on vacation after
smashing into a steel pole. Here’s how the military community
stepped up to help.
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Sgt. Gary McKiddy was a member
of the 1st Squadron, 9th Calvary Regiment, 1st Calvary
Division, when he was killed in action May 6, 1970, at age 20
in Cambodia after pulling fellow soldier Spc. Jim
Skaggs from a burning helicopter.
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David F. Tidball, 20, a seaman first
class, was on the USS Oklahoma, which sustained multiple torpedo
hits, causing it to capsize. His body recently was identified by
the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, and he will be buried
at 1 p.m. Saturday in Independence, Iowa.
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U.S. Army Pfc. Chauncey (William) J. Sharp
was a member of Company C, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment,
25th Infantry Division. He was reported killed in action July 24,
1950, at age 18, after his unit sustained heavy casualties while
defending against the North Korean army's advance near Hwanggon,
South Korea.
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Frederick Riefkohl is one of 214 World War
I minority veterans identified thus far by the Valor Medals Review
Project, a Congress-authorized study spearheaded by Park University
near Kansas City, Mo.
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Anne Greer of Throop, N.Y., will be the
first woman veteran from Cayuga County to tour the nation's capital
and see its war memorials and other historic sights as part of
Operation Enduring Gratitude, which has has provided trips to
Washington for veterans since 2012.
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A World War II veteran and longtime deputy
chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, Frederick Steinkirchner
died April 16 after a series of cardiac problems. At 109 years old,
he was one of the 10 oldest men in America.
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When Darrell Freeman and nearly 100
other U.S. veterans aboard the Triad Honor
Flight returned to Piedmont Triad International
Airport — after a day of touring the nation’s war memorials
in Washington, D.C. — the welcome he received in the
airport concourse moved him to tears.
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The $1 million appropriation will go
toward several planned improvements at the Alabama Veterans Museum
& Archives .
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As it's done in communities in need from
Mississippi to Mozambique since its founding 12 years ago, Team
Rubicon expects to continue to fuel the response effort in Ukraine
for as long as its teams are welcome and can be of assistance.
Which could be a long time.
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