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(The Daily Tribune) – The counsel for former Capt. Candelaria Rivas, who was dismissed from the military service by a court martial for harboring then fugitive Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon, has asked the Armed Forces leadership to immediately release the woman lawyer on grounds that there is no basis for her detention.

– Michael B. Barrett. Operation Albion: The German Conquest of the Baltic Islands. Twentieth-Century Battles Series. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2008. x + 298 pp. ISBN 978-0-253-34969-9; $29.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-253-34969-9. Reviewed by Jesse Kauffman (Stanford University) Published on H-German (March, 2009) Commissioned by Susan R. Boettcher A Forgotten Eastern Storm On October 12, 1917, an amphibious German invasion force of some 25,000 troops, 350 ships and bo

(New Times San Luis Obispo) – There are fights, and then there are fights. During World War II, Filipino soldiers fought alongside their U.S. counterparts against Japanese invaders, sharing the same fears, fights, and fates as part of a guerrilla resistance.

(KOAA-TV Colorado Springs – Pueblo) – The military is racing to inspect more than 90,000 U.S.-run facilities across Iraq to reduce a deadly threat troops face far off the battlefield: electrocution or shock while showering or using appliances.

(Washington Post) – A federal judge today ordered the release of detainee who has provided incriminating information against scores of other men confined at the U.S. military prison at U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

(Salem News) – LISBON – Only veterans and special groups will be allowed to completely view military discharge records on file at the Columbiana County Recorder’s Office because of a change in the law.

(Baltimore Sun) – Defense Dept. holds session on finding MIAs Calvin and Kenneth Bayne, 81-year-old twins, can easily recall boxing lessons and camping trips with their big brother Robert. Also etched into their boyhood memories is the day in 1945 that a telegram arrived, telling them that Pfc. Robert Bayne, then 26, was missing in action near Mannheim, Germany. His remains were never recovered.