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DISPATCHES ARTICLES ARCHIVE
The following is a library of interesting articles which have featured in previous Together We Served Dispatches Newsletters. You can view articles pertaining to each subject category via the dropdown.
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Yellow Footprints
Marines have always considered the yellow footprints as the starting point of the journey to becoming a Marine. Whether at Parris Island or San .... See Full Article
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It has been great to help me organize my military life and hopefully will help others to do the same through my example. I have been able to .... See Full Article
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TWS has permitted me to build a profile that illustrates the accomplishments that I achieved during my career. In the process of building my .... See Full Article
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I really didn't start to think about putting some proverbial "footprints in the sand" until 10/13. As I started on the TWS website, .... See Full Article
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Book Review: The Forgotten 500
On the night of August 2, 1944, a team of operatives from the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of today's Central .... See Full Article
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Profiles In Courage: Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock
There are few Marine Corps legends like that of Carlos Hathcock. If there's a pantheon of Marine Corps gods somewhere, Hathcock is definitely among .... See Full Article
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Military Myths & Legends: How Armistice Day Became Veterans Day
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the belligerent armies fighting World War I finally laid down their arms and stopped .... See Full Article
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Battlefield Chronicles: The Battle of Mosul
Politics, they say, makes strange bedfellows. But it wasn't politics that brought an unlikely group of military forces together at the battle for .... See Full Article
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Absentee Voting Began With US Troops During the Civil War
America's most recent presidential elections may seem like the most contentious in history, coming at a time when the country appears more .... See Full Article
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Distinguished Military Unit: USCGC Point Orient (WPB-82319)
The Coast Guard vessel, Point Orient, was stationed at Fort Pierce, FL, from 1961 to 1965 and was first used for law enforcement and SAR (Search .... See Full Article
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