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Veteran's Memorial Park, Minooka, Ill.
Minooka, IL
In the early 90's, a small group of people decided to transform a small corner of our downtown area into..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
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..
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VETERANS HELPING VETERANS
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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GI BILL
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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GI BILL
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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GI BILL
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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GI BILL
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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GI BILL
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
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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GI BILL
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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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
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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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
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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GI BILL
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..
2,740 views
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
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
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..
2,468 views
GI BILL
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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GI BILL
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..
2,600 views
GI BILL
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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GI BILL
Education
Sebastian, FL
Korean War veteran. Having left college in 1951 (lack of funds), I joined the U.S. Navy. Upon being separated from..
2,406 views
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
All ROTC, college graduates fall out, report to the mess hall. EGE
2,711 views
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
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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GI BILL
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..
2,764 views
GI BILL
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..
2,701 views
MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Culture shock
Finding myself standing on yellow footprints with some crazy man yelling worse than my father not to move ... I..
2,626 views
OTHER
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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OTHER
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..
3,216 views
IN YOUR OWN WORDS
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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OTHER
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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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
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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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
VIETNAM JOURNAL series two
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