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Paul Bucha, a Medal of Honor recipient who saved fellow American soldiers from slaughter during the Vietnam War and who in later years became both a public endorser and a critic of presidential candidates, died on July 31 in West Haven, Conn. He was 80.
By most measures, the new Democratic ticket has had an impressively smooth launch.But there is one caveat to that — controversy over how Tim Walz has described his military service.In a video from 2018, Walz, who served for 24 years in the National Guard, made a comment that sounded like he had been TO war. A spokeswoman for the Harris-Walz campaign has said in a statement that the Democratic vice-presidential nominee "misspoke" when talking about his military service. Walz's Republican opponent, JD Vance, pounced on that comment to accuse Walz of "stolen valor" – just about the mosst serious charge possible in veterans' circles.
More than a half century has passed since Ohio National Guard members opened fire on college students during a war protest at Kent State University, killing four students and injuring nine others.
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WASHINGTON — Two decades after attacking a fellow Purple Heart recipient in a political campaign, Chris LaCivita is back at it, this time in service of Donald Trump, who dodged military service by claiming he had bone spurs and who later called U.S. service members “suckers” and “losers.”
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Wednesday criticized his counterpart on the Democratic ticket for exaggerating his military service and staying home from the Iraq War when his unit deployed.
Randy Kehler, a peace activist whose opposition to the Vietnam War so moved Daniel Ellsberg that he decided to leak the Pentagon Papers, the set of top-secret documents whose exposure changed the course of the war, died on July 21 at his home in Shelburne Falls, Mass. He was 80.
Alma Powell, an advocate for children, literacy and military families who was the quiet force alongside her husband, Colin L. Powell, the revered military commander, secretary of state and national security adviser, and who played a crucial role in his decision not to seek the presidency in 1996, died on Sunday in Alexandria, Va. She was 86.