The bios of the veterans who took part in Honor Flights 66 and 67 this past Saturday are listed below. They were read off prior to their departure to Washington, D.C., to visit the various war ...
Spirits were high, as they always are for the monthly free breakfast at Legends. Veterans came from near and far to get there. They served in the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. At least one was ...
Seven veterans from the West Georgia-East Alabama region were honored for their military service in a Quilts of Valor program ...
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In 2024, federal politicians marked the 10th anniversary of the deadly shooting on Parliament Hill that killed 24-year-old reservist Corporal Nathan Cirillo while he was guarding the Tomb of the ...
In 1988, 65 soldiers lost in the Vietnam War made the journey home. The Berks County natives who died or went missing overseas were carried in spirit by the Last Patrol. That was the name of the ...
The Vietnam War stands as one of the most costly and divisive conflicts of the 20th century, pitting North Vietnam’s communist government against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United ...
Only 817 Satellite Hemis were built in the 426’s debut year; this one—untouched, 17,400 miles, immaculate—was frozen by time, ...
Crystal Springs will host The Wall That Heals, a traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, from Nov. 13–16.The three-quarter scale wall is 375 feet long, over 7 1/2 feet tall, and features ...
LAYTON — The Utah chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America is set to commemorate 50 years since the Vietnam War ended. In an email sent to the Standard-Examiner this week, Dennis Howland — Utah ...
A memorial to Vietnam War veterans who became ill or died after exposure to the infamous herbicide Agent Orange will be dedicated this month in Des Plaines. The freestanding, granite memorial was ...
Steve Trimm, who applied for but was denied conscientious objector status 50 years ago during the Vietnam War, holds a favorite poster he holds at protests at his home on Aug. 27 in Albany. Steve ...
Toward the end of the 1990s, office workers in downtown Washington noticed the regular appearance of an elderly pedestrian, waiting to cross the street or moving slowly along the sidewalk, his ...