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The story behind Knoxville's East Tennessee Veterans Memorial begins in Normandy
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoBill Felton's 1990 trip to the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in France deeply moved him,...
The names of three Vietnam War veterans from Marion were read aloud during D.C. ceremony
Ocala Star Banner via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe names of 513 Vietnam War veterans, including three from Marion County, who died after the war...
Memorial Day: Vietnam War plagued beloved Brick teacher long after the shooting stopped
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJohn Dooros was training to become an airborne ranger in the Vietnam War when he suffered a knee...
Vietnam vet had no family to claim him in death. These Montco employees fulfilled his final wishes
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJohn Williams died alone in the hospital two days after Christmas last year. Abington Memorial...
Monroe County History: Veterans memorials honor service, sacrifice
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoHaving profiled city of Monroe veterans sites in the past, here are some of the other veterans...
How old Army admin systems mangled the names of fallen Latino soldiers
Army Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSometimes tragedy compounds. A young soldier from Mexico, Pvt. Ana Basaldua Ruiz, died on March 15,...
Alliance's Vietnam Veterans chapter has a new home but the same mission
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoALLIANCE ‒ The men sat around the card table, as they do every month in their shoebox base, only...
We asked Marion County veterans: What does Memorial Day mean to you? Here's what they said
Ocala Star Banner via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRemembrances, prayers and appreciation for those who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country....
Honor Flight: America, this is who we are
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFor 25-plus hours, I — and 28 Vietnam-era veterans — lived in the real America. Not the United States we fight about, turning each other into enemies...
Suntree Air Force veteran, 96, heads to D.C. for Korean War Wall of Remembrance ceremony
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRetired U.S. Air Force Col. Donell "Don" Mathews flew dozens of daredevil Korean War nighttime...