“What the Heck Was I Gonna Do With a Dumb Gun?” The Derring-Do of Stephanie Czech Rader “[The OSS] gave me a gun, but I never carried a gun. I thought, ‘What the heck was I gonna do with a dumb gun?’” Stephanie’s most valuable weapon: her wits. From the files of the CIA There …
VOA and VOA’s Rikar Hussein in Iraq, DOD on operation roundup Report: Air Raid Kills 54 IS Fighters and Civilians in Eastern Syria An airstrike killed at least 54 people, including Islamic State fighters and 28 civilians in Syria’s eastern province Deir Ezzor, a human rights monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said …
Ian Fleming: The Man Behind the Most Famous Spy From the CIA Files Ian Fleming James Bond was the brain child of British author Ian Fleming. Born to a wealthy family in 1908, Fleming was an undisciplined student, and often clashed with his teachers even when earning high marks for his schoolwork. After applying for …
By Shannon Collins DoD News, Defense Media Activity From storming the beach of Iwo Jima as a Marine to performing as a stuntman for more than 60 years in movies such as “Friday the 13th: Part 4” as Jason and in “Rio Bravo,” doubling for John Wayne, 92-year-old former Marine Cpl. Alex Bayouth, known as …