‘Shining’ actor Joe Turkel, a WWII Army veteran, dead at 94Joe Turkel served in the Army during World War II before heading to Hollywood to work with heavyweights including director Stanley Kubrick.
Four Army veterans to receive Medals of Honor for heroic battles and selfless acts in VietnamOne soldier led his unit through a deadly ambush in 1968. Another defended a besieged fire base in 1972. A third directed airstrikes after a crash landing in 1971. And a fourth single-handedly cleared a trench of enemy troops in 1966.