Military members with Plant City area ties who have died in Afghanistan and Iraq since hostilities commenced include, in alphabetical order: ...more

November 11, 2009

Marine Lance Cpl. John T. Doody was recovering nicely from injuries sustained when a sniper attacked him in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2007. ...more

December 24, 2008

A war brought Marine Lance Cpl. John T. Doody to Tampa Bay's doorstep. ...more

December 17, 2008

RIVERVIEW -- A war brought Marine Lance Cpl. John T. Doody to Tampa Bay's doorstep. A caring community offered him a warm welcome to his new home in Riverview on Monday. ...more

December 16, 2008

A California congressional delegation asked President Bush on Friday to posthumously award the Medal of Honor to a Marine who was chosen to receive only the second-highest medal the Navy can bestow for valor. ...more

September 20, 2008

A former Marine accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees was acquitted of voluntary manslaughter Thursday in a first-of-its-kind federal trial that ended with some of the jurors shaking hands and hugging the defendant and his sobbing mother. ...more

August 29, 2008

A former Marine sergeant facing the first federal civilian prosecution of a military member accused of a war crime says there is more at stake than his claim of innocence on charges that he killed unarmed detainees in Fallujah, Iraq. ...more

August 18, 2008

Missing Iraq war veteran Eric Hall phoned a longtime friend in Indiana on Wednesday, his family announced. ...more

February 23, 2008

DEEP CREEK — Missing Iraq war veteran Eric Hall phoned a longtime friend in Indiana on Wednesday, his family said. ...more

February 22, 2008

Family and friends of an injured Iraq war veteran who has been missing since Sunday fear that the 24-year-old is covering his tracks. ...more

February 10, 2008