December 2008

Poos: CC Bob Poos, AP correspondent dies after a lengthy illness

Robert Poos, who covered the Vietnam War as a reporter for the Associated Press and later served as managing editor for the outspokenly pro-military magazine Soldier of Fortune, has died at age 78.Poos died on Monday at a hospice in Arlington, Va., where he had been under care for nearly two years for respiratory ailments, his wife, Bobbie Poos, said. He recently had suffered a broken hip and a broken elbow in falls.

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Combat Combo Marine: Book by CC John K. Baird

Combat Combo Marine: Vietnam War News Articles and Photographs by a Marine “Pacific Stars & Stripes” Staff Correspondent/Photographer

by John K Baird; Cover Design or Artwork by John E. Shimko; Photographs by John K “Jack” Baird
Vietnam war news articles and photographs by a former pacific stars and stripes staff correspondent, who is a retired U.S, Marine Master Sergeant who served both in Korea (1950) and Vietnam (1965-66 and 1970-71).
About the Book
M/Sgt John (Jack) K. Baird was presented the Joint Service Commendation Medal awarded by Gen. William Westmoreland, Commander U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam.
Baird, was cited for meritorious service as a correspondent and photographer for the Pacific Stars and Stripes in Vietnam. Baird*s daily news coverage of combat action and major operations helped to keep more than 250,000 military readers of the newspaper informed.
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