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United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA), also known as West Point, Army, The Academy, or simply, The Point, is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, 50 miles (80 km) north of New York City. The entire central campus is a national landmark and home to scores of historic s...
For the British medal by the same name, see here . == The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is the United States Army's second highest military decoration for soldiers who display extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force. Actions that merit the Distinguished Service Cross must be of such a high degree that they are above those required for all other U.S. combat decorations, but...
The Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) is a United States Army military decoration. The badge is awarded to infantrymen and Special Forces soldiers in the rank of colonel and below, who fought in active ground combat while assigned as members of either an Infantry or Special Forces unit of brigade size or smaller at any time after 6 December 1941. For those soldiers who are not members of an infant...
Medical Corps (MC) of the U.S. Army is a staff corps (non-combat specialty branch) of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) consisting of commissioned medical officers – physicians with either an M.D. or a D.O. degree, at least one year of post-graduate clinical training, and a state medical license.The MC traces its earliest origins to the first physicians recruited by the Medical Departmen...
Project contact: Private User Robert Backus, I (c. 1460-1503) ===Notable Descendants==* William Backus "The Immigrant" - 2nd Great-Grandson ( a founder of Norwich, Connecticut, USA )* Nathaniel Backus - 5th Great-Grandson (See: Nathaniel Backus House on Wikipedia )* Captain Elijah Backus - 6th Great-Grandson (a Patriot of the American Revolution for Connecticut. DAR Ancestor # A004349 . See "Th...
Please add the profiles of those who were or are in the United States Army Dental Corps.== History: During the Revolutionary War, the military view was that dental care was the soldier’s responsibility. This policy continued through War of 1812, operations on the Western Frontier and the Civil War. During this time soldiers needing dental care were treated by laymen in the unit, hospital stewar...
Please add those who are or have served in the US Air Force Dental Service Corps as an Officer or Enlisted person.== The National Security Act of 1947 reorganized America’s military under a single Cabinet-level post, the Department of Defense, and formally elevated the Air Force, formerly a part of the Army, as a separate branch equal to that of the Army and Navy. Two years later, on June 8, 19...
This Project involves the sinking of the SS President Coolidge during World War II.SS President Coolidge was a converted cruise liner used to transport most of the 43rd Infantry of the US Army. -----------------------------------------(From Wiki): "A large military base and harbor had been established on Espiritu Santo and the harbor was heavily protected by mines. Information about safe entry ...