How to Win 3 Purple Hearts
PFC Orval Gene Adkins, a 23 year old West Virginian, earned his third Purple Heart after surviving a brutal Viet Nam ambush. Despite first and second wounds from blasts and a sniper, he moved to aid stations and returned to fight, adding another medal to his record in the 1st Infantry Division ordeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laikhe
Viet Nam
NEA
George Washington
Orval Gene Adkins
1St Infantry
Adkins
Post Offices Get Mechanized EquipmentNationwide Rollout Planned
The Postmaster General announced 109 city offices will receive mechanized equipment to handle 60 percent of annual mail flow. The program costs 65 million dollars by June 30 and aims for next day delivery with new tech including CCTV and zip code readers. Providence reports improved speed and conditions without staffing cuts, while earlier critics called the project costly and impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Lawrence F. 0
Brien
Harry Kizirian
O’brien
Washington
Kigiman
Berserk Scientist Wounds 3 and Kills Self at Lab
A 34 year old Michael Maresca, a Suffolk County Brookhaven lab worker, entered the engineering department at Brookhaven National Laboratory and wounded three colleagues before shooting himself. He died at the scene after a pistol shot to the head. Police describe prior behavioral changes and psychiatric advice given, with security not involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookhaven
Robert A. Love
Also Mentioned on This Page
Orval Ad
Kins
Silent
Soleamn
ER Evening Star Y
Land
Massachusetts
Kizirian
Providence Post Office
John A. Gronouski
House
Subcommittee On
Andersonville
Maresca
Long Iland
Atomic Energy Commission
Zucker
James BR. Powell
List
Rocky Point
Jartin S. Zucker
Mastic Beach
N.Y
Russell Dietz
Lief Hjarne
Eastatchogue
Furniture Indianapolis
Mich
Bismarck
N.D
Sonoma County Hospital
Calif
San Rafael
Texas
California
Cathedral of
Milan
Wards Fiber
Gooh Dike Warde
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!