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SALUTE TO NURSES

A photo of my graduating class of hospital corpsman with the three nurse instructors who had approximately three months to..

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Tom J Carson

This man deserves recognition for his accomplishments. Tom Carson was presented an American Legion award and certificate for his support..

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Military Pen Pal Leads to 46 year Friendship

Military Pen Pal Leads to Life Long Friendship….an Ohio Connection This article is written to share the very special friendship that..

HELPING

Rescue Mission to Pecos, Texas

Ridge Spring, SC

On Monday 4/24/2017, I awakened to see that I had a missed phone call from Pecos, Texas. My wife Dolores..

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How the GI Bill turned a farm boy into a CPA

Tyrone, PA

I was a farm boy (Tyrone, Pa.) who got drafted into the U.S. Army at 21 years of age (1965)...

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From high school to master's degree with GI Bill

Mesa, AZ

While in high school I wanted very much to go to college, but my parents said they could not pay..

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Enjoying retirement

Naples, FL

I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania and enjoyed machine shop classes in high school, so upon graduation took..

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I owe the Army, they don't owe me

Beacon Falls, CT

I was in one of the last WWII draft calls. After basic I was asked if I wanted to be..

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Korean GI Bill made me into a professor

Minneapolis, MN

I joined the Navy at 17 in 1954 and picked the longest school, which was Aviation Electronics Technician. Loved it,..

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GI Bill, life builder

Mattoon Lodge , MO

I am a Korean War veteran. Upon returning from duty in 1954 after the peace agreement, I wanted to return..

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Double the pleasure

Columbia, SC

The GI Bill saved my "bacon" twice. I first used it to attend college after serving in the Air Navy...

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HealingTears

In the summer of 1998, just days after her divorce was final, author Theresa James’ ex-husband, John, broke into her..

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A GRAND OLD FLAG

Grand Old Flag Recently American legion Post 209 of Colorado Springs was cleaning out our Flag retirement box and a..

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Now I can serve my fellow veterans!

Saco, ME

The Post-9/11 GI Bill paid for my master's in nursing to become a psychiatric nurse practitioner. I did my..

BASIC TRAINING MEMORIES

Recruit's basic education

It took a while to recognize and accept non-coms, and officers were lot smarter than me. They were teaching how..

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GI Bill gave me wings

Galveston , TX

I was a young airman stationed at Randolph AFB, Texas, when I subtly convinced my wife and mom of our..

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From high school dropout to graduate degree

Wheaton, MD

Life is easy for no one, and for me it seemed especially difficult as a child during the Vietnam era...

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Got a doctorate in Germany on the GI Bill

Carbondale, IL

After some poor experiences at American universities, I used my GI Bill money (Korean War)to study in Germany. It was..

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From failure to success story

Spencer, NC

When I enlisted at the age of 22, I was out of options. I had flunked out of two universities..

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Education

Sebastian, FL

Korean War veteran. Having left college in 1951 (lack of funds), I joined the U.S. Navy. Upon being separated from..

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Basic training

All ROTC, college graduates fall out, report to the mess hall. EGE

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Basic training, Fort Ord, February 1972, Company D-2-1

I have many memories of Basic Training at Fort Ord in February 1972, but the one I remember the most..

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Taking advantage of the GI Bill

Medina, NY

After being discharged from the Army in 1967, I went to work for a major newspaper in Washington, D.C. After..

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Chapter 33 for Ed.D.

Inver Grove Heights, MN

Between 9+ years of active-duty Army and a second tour in Iraq with the MNARNG, I was 100 percent vested..

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Culture shock

Finding myself standing on yellow footprints with some crazy man yelling worse than my father not to move ... I..

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Richland Post 548 Memorial Day ceremony video (2017)

Bakerstown, PA

Post 548's Memorial Day ceremony for 2017 was videotaped by Armstrong Cable TV. https://youtu.be/WmgIpZq8mj8

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Posts join forces to honor WWI veterans

Nixa, MO

American Legion and VFW Veterans Join Forces to Remember and Honor WW I Veterans “May We Never Forget” any of our..

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They go unnoticed...those who guard the tomb

THEY GO UNNOTICED…THOSE WHO GUARD THE TOMB There is no name to remember It isn’t necessary. They stand their watch. Their names,..

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Military patchwork quilt by Frederick Black Jr.

Sandusky, MI

I have been collecting military patches since the 1950s. I was in the Army from 1957 to ’59, trained as..

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Memorial Day Reflections -

Memorial Day by Frank Rivas, MD Huntington, WV It is a most special day where laughter and tears become intertwined. For..

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VIETNAM JOURNAL series two

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