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All-Black Army Battalion Members Get Their Due 75 Years After Wartime Mission Over Northwest

By Tom Banse September 6, 2019

Paratroopers at Pendleton Army Airfield getting briefed before taking off to drop on a wildfire in the summer of 1945. NATIONAL ARCHIVES / VIA EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

Triple Nickles thought they were destined for Japan when they stopped at Pendleton Army Airfield in the spring of 1945. But no, they were about to be converted into smokejumpers for Operation Firefly. Professional smokejumping started in 1939 in Washington's Methow Valley.Read More

What We Know: ‘Mass Arrest’ Of U.S. Marines Over Alleged Human Smuggling And Drug Offenses

By NPR News July 26, 2019

A human smuggling investigation by the military led to the arrest of 16 Marines on Thursday while carrying out a battalion formation at California's Camp Pendleton, a base about an hour's drive from the U.S.-Mexico border. Lenny Ignelzi/AP

As some 800 Marines gathered in formation at Camp Pendleton in California, 16 people were pulled out and put under arrest. An NCIS spokesperson said a total of 18 Marines have been apprehended. Read More

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