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Originally posted by tanner:
While researching other things, I came across this old story and wanted to post it as a remembrance to this man and his contribution to the freedoms I enjoy that are not forgotten. It’s been almost ten years on and it is a now a very cold case and I’m sad more can’t be done to bring justice to him quicker. I can, at the very least, honor this man. Thank you Sgt. Major North Woodall. May you Rest In Peace.

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DAYTON — Homicide detectives are looking for the person or persons who brutally attacked an 85-year-old decorated veteran who survived three wars only to be killed inside his home.

U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. (Ret.) North E. Woodall was found bloodied and unconscious by a neighbor about 11:30 p.m. Monday, July 27, at 1028 Walton Ave. after an apparent home invasion, police said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The front door to the home was kicked in, and Woodall was found on the floor near the door, Lt. Brian Johns said.

He died from blunt-force trauma to the head, Montgomery County Coroner’s Office director Ken Betz said Tuesday.

Detective Sgt. Gary White said it’s unclear if Woodall was hit in the head by an intruder or fell during the struggle.

It is also unclear what, if anything, was taken from his home, but White said they are certain Woodall is a homicide victim.

Woodall served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam before retiring as an E-9 sergeant major, U.S. Army Special Forces , also known as a Green Beret.

The recipient of two Silver Stars , Woodall had just returned in late June from an Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C., where he and other veterans traveled in an RV to visit war memorials.

“He was a quiet guy and kind of kept to himself,” said John Fleeger, who drove the RV . “I remember he couldn’t find his suit when we got to the hotel and he really wanted to wear his suit to see the memorial.”

Woodall’s daughter-in-law said she took him food last week and he was in good spirits.

Police said Woodall’s home was burglarized once before in the last five years, but he was not hurt .

He is the city’s 26th homicide this year. Anyone with information about his death should call 333-COPS.

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Originally posted by Sgt Neutron:
Perhaps the age of Sgt Maj Woodall is a misprint. He is probably 95. If he were 85, he would've been 13 years old in 1945.

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by Sgt Neutron:
Perhaps the age of Sgt Maj Woodall is a misprint. He is probably 95. If he were 85, he would've been 13 years old in 1945.

The thing is, that news story is 9 years old.

Woodall was 85 when he died on July 27, 2009.

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See? That’s what I was talking about yesterday. Rogue just knows stuff, and when he doesn’t, he knows where to check. And apparently when to check. Come to think of it, the guy just checks his info. We could all stand to be a bit more like Rogue.

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Maj. Gen. Marion E. Carl, 82, Marine Air Ace in World War II
By RICHARD GOLDSTEINJUNE 30, 1998

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Maj. Gen. Marion E. Carl, one of the leading Marine air aces of World War II and a record-setting test pilot, was shot to death on Sunday night in a robbery at his home in Roseburg, Ore., the Douglas County Sheriff's Department said. He was 82.

General Carl, who was credited with 18 1/2 ''kills'' in Pacific combat against the Japanese and commanded the Second Marine Air Wing in the Vietnam War, was pronounced dead at Mercy Medical Center in Roseburg. His wife, Edna, who suffered a glancing shotgun burst to the head, was treated at the hospital and released.

Mrs. Carl told the authorities that a man carrying a shotgun broke into their home about 10:35 P.M. as she was reading a newspaper and demanded cash and car keys.

Mrs. Carl said that when General Carl emerged from a bedroom and confronted the gunman, he shot both of them. The man took $200 to $400 and drove off in the couple's car, which was found abandoned.

The authorities issued a warrant for the arrest of Jesse Stuart Fanus, 19, who has a record of arrests for drunken driving, burglary and criminal trespass, The Associated Press reported.

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Marion Eugene Carl was born on a dairy farm in Hubbard, Ore. He received an engineering degree from Oregon State University in 1938, won his Marine wings and was commissioned as a second lieutenant on Dec. 1, 1939.

General Carl first saw combat in the Battle of Midway in June 1942, then arrived on Guadalcanal on Aug. 20, 1942, 13 days after the Marines had come ashore in an effort to wrest the island from the Japanese. He was among the pilots who engaged in the first dogfights over Guadalcanal, and was shot down on Sept. 9, 1942.

He floated for four hours in his life jacket before being picked up by an island native in a canoe.

After the war, General Carl became a military test pilot.

He set a world airspeed record on Aug. 25, 1947, when he flew a Douglas Skystreak at more than 650 miles an hour over Muroc Dry Lake in California.

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He set an unofficial world altitude record on Aug. 21, 1953, when he ascended to 83,235 feet over Muroc, flying a Douglas Skyrocket. His rocket plane was dropped from a B-29 at 34,000 feet.

After going to 28,000 feet, he began climbing. The mark was not an official record because it was not ground to air.

Two years later, he flew U-2 reconnaissance missions over China.

In 1950, he estimated he had flown more than 100 types of airplanes.

''A good pilot doesn't take chances,'' he said. ''But being a good pilot is a matter of constant flying, constant practice and thoroughly knowing your airplane. What might be a chance to some pilots isn't to others. I never quit practicing.''

Capt. F. M. Trapnell, a former commanding officer of the Naval Air Test Center, once said that ''Carl has no nervousness and no uncertainty.''

''I don't mean he has no fear,'' Captain Trapnell said. ''Any man who isn't afraid sometimes is a fool. Carl has a quiet sureness. He goes about his job as if he were getting ready to milk a cow. It makes his work twice as easy -- or maybe he just makes it look twice as easy.''

General Carl retired from military service in 1973, having logged 13,000 flying hours. He received numerous decorations, including the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross.

General Carl is also survived by a son, Bruce, and a daughter, Lyanne.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:

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See? That’s what I was talking about yesterday. Rogue just knows stuff, and when he doesn’t, he knows where to check. And apparently when to check. Come to think of it, the guy just checks his info. We could all stand to be a bit more like Rogue.

The way things are presented in the media causes this sort of thing to happen more often. JALLEN who is certainly not error prone posted a story a year old about a woman who foiled a home invasion with a shotgun. The only reason I noticed this was that I had posted the story a year ago. Now if is a story about the Berlin wall being torn down, that is a different matter.