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Washington, D.C. (April 29, 2023) – D.C. United have signed forward Erik Hurtado from San Antonio FC for a $10,000 permanent transfer fee. The Black-and-Red have signed Hurtado on a one-year contract through 2023 with an option in 2024. “We are getting an experienced MLS forward in Erik who will add important depth for us up […]

More than 70 years after Canadian soldiers helped fight back a division of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army in one of the more brutal and bloody battles of the Korean War, a B.C. man is now enduring a long, international walk to honour those who served in this conflict. Guy Black, a Coquitlam resident, began […]

Born in 1926 in Jamaica, Flight Sergeant Peter Brown was one of many who signed up for the British armed forces from the country’s imperial territories. Aged only around 17, he trained in Canada and joined the Royal Air Force in September 1943, serving as a wireless operator and air gunner in Lancaster bombers, according […]

This undated photo provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Las Vegas police officer Herman Moody. Las Vegas was still heavily segregated in 1946 when Moody became the city’s first Black police officer. Because of the color of his skin, his police work was confined to the Historic Westside, the heart of the […]

By Chloe Kim BBC News, Washington 14 February 2023 Image caption, Paris Davis was one of the first black officers in the US Army’s Special Forces, known as the Green Berets One of the first black officers in the US Army’s Special Forces will receive recognition for his service in the Vietnam War with the […]

Video: Black Vietnam Veteran Is Awarded Medal of Honor  The New York Times Source link

WASHINGTON — Nearly 60 years after one of the first Black officers in the Special Forces was nominated — and then overlooked — for the nation’s highest military honor, President Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Honor to that officer, Col. Paris Davis, for exemplifying “everything our nation is at our best.” “Brave and […]

Nearly 60 years after he was first recommended for the nation’s highest military award for his bravery during the Vietnam war, retired colonel Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers to lead a special forces team in combat, received the Medal of Honor on Friday. The belated recognition for the 83-year-old Virginia resident came […]

For 13 years, Michael Mumbauer was the senior director of visual arts for PlayStation. He co-developed key PlayStation intellectual properties such as “The Last of Us,” “Uncharted,” and “God of War.” The Last of Us, now adapted into a live-action HBO series, is currently one of the more successful game to TV adaptations pulling in . […]

Charges against a New York City police officer accused of spying on behalf of China were formally dropped Thursday after U.S. prosecutors said they uncovered new information that warranted the dismissal. It ended a two-year ordeal for Baimadajie Angwang, a naturalized U.S. citizen . . .


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