Dan Zedan chokes up as he remembers saying goodbye to […]
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Stanley Travioli, who served as a combat cameraman during 16 combat tours over the span of 26 years and 10 months.
On February 19, 1945, thousands of Marines landed on a beach of volcanic ash in the Pacific. For five weeks, Marines, Navy Corpsmen and Seabees fought for control of the heavily-fortified island. Williams recalls his experiences and the action that earned him the Medal of Honor.
There are many lesser-known memorials in our nation’s capital which have a rich history and honor many important groups and events.
Cpl Harlon H. Block was an Iwo Jima Marine and one of the flag raisers on Mt. Suribachi.
Juiseppe Copeland served in the U.S. Navy as a Seabee. He spent the majority of his enlistment deployed to Kuwait and Iraq.
Navy Veteran Ronald Ansel Austin served during World War II as a petty officer third class from Oct. 1943 through Oct. 1945.
I served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. I am a member of our nation’s vast military community. I was diagnosed with MS in 1983 and am also a member of the multiple sclerosis community. While I have always been blessed with the support of family and friends, following my diagnosis with MS, I quickly learned the importance of receiving support from people who understand where I’ve been, what I’m going through, and what might be around the corner. I am a member of an MS support group that has improved my life in ways that I never imagined.
At every point of the way, as we waited or were speaking to someone, it was apparent that these workers deeply believed in their mission to honor and serve those that served our country.
It is a story of how one family from a small town in Wisconsin came in contact with a much-maligned government agency only to find out that all of the recent press and bad news about this group of people is not what it has been reported to be.
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Ivan Woodford. Ivan joined the Navy shortly […]
Veterans on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast took their annual cruise down […]
Editor’s note: This is the twelfth essay in a 12-part […]
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