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News Tipoffs - Louisiana Editors Newsletter for Tuesday November 12, 2024 ( 2 items )  

Medal of Honor Monday: Army Pfc. Foster J. Sayers
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: When a hillside full of Germans threatened to annihilate Army Pfc. Foster Joseph Sayers' exposed company in France during World War II, he took action and singlehandedly killed about a dozen enemy soldiers to help his comrades survive. Sayers lost his life in the chaos, but his heroics led him to receive the Medal of Honor. Sayers was born to a single mother, Alice Sayers, on April 27, 1924, in Marsh Creek, Penns  more

TRICARE Open Season 2024 Begins: Learn If You Need To Take Action
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia, Nov. 12 -- Defense Health Agency issued the following news: Have you considered changing your family's TRICARE health plan for 2025? Now is your opportunity. TRICARE Open Season starts today, Nov. 11, and runs through Tuesday, Dec. 10. TRICARE Open Season is the annual period when anyone enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE Prime, the US Family Health Plan, or TRICARE Select can change their TRICARE health plan. Changes you make during open season will take effect Jan. 1  more