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Houston native Charles Bass had told the story about how he survived a deadly snake bite in Vietnam so many times it seemed natural to tell it again, this time in front of a TV camera on the Fourth of July. He pointed at scars on his hand and the crook of his elbow, explaining how he'd stuck a hollow bamboo in the vein to stop the venom from reaching his heart. The camera panned a display case full of his medals at the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum on Southmore Boulevard. A placard explained that Sgt. Maj. Bass had earned...

I AM A RETIRED ARY STAFF SERGEANT WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM ON TWO TOURS. I SERVED IN 1968 AND 1969. I HAVE SEEN THE ATROCITIES AND CARNAGE WAR LEAVES IN ITS WAKE. I AM REPUBLICAN AND I DID VOTE FOR MR.BUSH (BOTH TERMS) I THINK BUSH SENIOR WAS A WAY BETTER LEADER THEN HIS KID. I HATE THE WAY THIS PRESIDENT IS TREATING THIS KIA SOLDIERS MOTHER. HIDING FROM THIS WOMAN IS ONLY HURTING HIS APPROVAL RATE. THIS IS THIS GUYS M.O. HE HID FROM THE VIETNAM DRAFT ALSO, BUT THIS IS FAR WORSE. ALL YOU PEOPLE POSTING ON THIS...

WASHINGTON -- The FBI considered John Kerry a "glib, cool" spokesman for Vietnam war protesters when he was attached to an anti-war veterans group, but the bureau focused on more radical elements of the organization during an investigation spanning four years, documents show. In more than 9,000 pages from the early 1970s, the FBI is seen tracking the protests, manifestos and myriad activities of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, and concluding that the group took a more extreme turn in the years after Kerry, now the Democratic presidential candidate, quit it. FBI files on the organization were released Wednesday in...

    For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.     Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     Part VIII: European Women Leaders and Defenders Throughout the middle ages noble women vigorously, and often successfully, defended their own or their male relatives, lands and castles. Around 890 AD Thyra, Queen of Denmark, ruled in her husband's absence. She led her army against the Germans who invaded Sleswick and Jutland and over a 3 year period built the Danneverke, a great wall which...