DESOTO, Ill. -- Patsy Ruth Dietz, 75, of DeSoto died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, Ill. She was born in Cape Girardeau, daughter of Thomas Edward and Dona Elizabeth ...
Wounded and locked in a harrowing gunfight deep in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains, Navy SEAL Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew G. Axelson laid down covering fire so a teammate could escape -- an act ...