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Race riot at sea — 1972 Kitty Hawk incident fueled fleet-wide unrest
It was not a good time for the carrier Kitty Hawk as it steamed across the South China Sea toward Vietnam in October 1972. The ship already had been deployed for eight months, and was on track to spend a record number of days at sea with a grueling pace of flight operations to support…
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African-American Green Beret Melvin Morris is patriotic to his core
Vietnam War veteran Melvin Morris was overlooked for the Medal of Honor due to the color of his skin. But wrongs were made right decades later.
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Black WWII veteran receives long-overdue medals
A World War II veteran who is the last-known living Buffalo-area resident to have served in a segregated unit has received six long-overdue medals.
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Race riot at sea — 1972 Kitty Hawk incident fueled fleet-wide unrest
It was not a good time for the carrier Kitty Hawk as it steamed across the South China Sea toward Vietnam in October 1972. The ship already had been deployed for eight months, and was on track to spend a record number of days at sea with a grueling pace of flight operations to support…
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African-American Green Beret Melvin Morris is patriotic to his core
Vietnam War veteran Melvin Morris was overlooked for the Medal of Honor due to the color of his skin. But wrongs were made right decades later.
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Black WWII veteran receives long-overdue medals
A World War II veteran who is the last-known living Buffalo-area resident to have served in a segregated unit has received six long-overdue medals.
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Race riot at sea — 1972 Kitty Hawk incident fueled fleet-wide unrest
It was not a good time for the carrier Kitty Hawk as it steamed across the South China Sea toward Vietnam in October 1972. The ship already had been deployed for eight months, and was on track to spend a record number of days at sea with a grueling pace of flight operations to support…
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African-American Green Beret Melvin Morris is patriotic to his core
Vietnam War veteran Melvin Morris was overlooked for the Medal of Honor due to the color of his skin. But wrongs were made right decades later.
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Black WWII veteran receives long-overdue medals
A World War II veteran who is the last-known living Buffalo-area resident to have served in a segregated unit has received six long-overdue medals.
