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Recruiting effort needs veterans’ voices for future success
As veterans, I am sure you receive regular thanks for your service and often reflect, with pride, on your time..
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Touching student videos honor memorial squares in Brookline, Mass.
Brookline American Legion Post 11 awarded $4,000 as part of its annual scholarship competition. Each applicant researched and created a..
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Coffee with the General
In March 1966 I was a young crew member on a Marine KC130 transport plane, not long out of Paris..
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Never Heroes
We were never heroes, you and I, But we walked among them didn't we? When we wore the uniform and Bestrode..
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Joseph Freeman Post 476 installs new welcome sign
Joseph Freeman Post 476 Legionnaire and prior Navy service member Cara Hartman designed and created this new welcome sign for..
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Small town, big pride
In the southeastern area of the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia sits the small town of Cameron, population approximately 900...
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City of Waterloo virtual Memorial Day program
Thank you to all the brave men and women who gave their lives while serving our great country. We will..
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Fury. A Soldier's Journey
Not long after graduation Joe Myles volunteers for the draft to serve in the Army knowing he would be placed..
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The Buffalo Pilot: A Ford Stevens Military-Aviation Thriller (Book 3)
With a story so distressingly genuine and real, you’ll mistake it for today’s present-day headlines…#1 Amazon Bestselling Author and military..
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Father Joseph Lonergan, World War I Army chaplain became national chaplain of The American..
The United States entered the World War I on April 6, 1917. The Nation would need to train an..
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Last Will and Testament
Author and Vietnam Veteran RJ McBride is proud to announce the publication of "Last Will and Testament," which details his..
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CARVILLE’S CURE: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice
For more than 80 years, the U.S government ran a little-known leprosarium in Carville, La., where thousands of Americans diagnosed..
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Army special forces dog, turned service dog, stars in documentary
My Belgian Malinois stole my heart for life and we are now bonded at the heart and soul with a..
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Girl Scouts Memorial Day Tribute - Troop 50671
On Memorial Day 2020, the Norwalk Girl Scout Troop 50671, all students at Marvin Elementary School in Norwalk, Conn., invited..
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Remember
The freedom we share, is surely not free. It's paid with lives given, for you and for me. All the brave who..
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World War I field artillery song
My father, Paul Mitchell, was an artilleryman in the rainbow division in World War I. I can remember, as if..
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Memorial Day
Members of American Legion Post 215 gathered at the grave of TEC5 Brooks Flemings, Jr., in Toussaint L'Ouverture Cemetery..
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"Why Remember?" (a Memorial Day song)
Evil creates many veterans. Some never hear "thank you for your service," and some have dodged and suffered more evil..
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"I almost slept though it"
It was 1955 when I went into the Army. I did my eight weeks of basic training at Ft. Dix,..
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Fountain Hills, Ariz. Post 58 feeds veterans
On May 13, volunteers from American Legion Post 58, their Auxiliary, VFW post 7507 and Fire Rock Country Club packed..
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Vietnam Vignette
In 1963 as the Vietnam War war was building up, Uncle Sam decided I was needed in South Korea. On..
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Another Vietnam story about the Last Battle
The Auxiliary Navy Ships (AO, AE, AOE, AF, AK, AD, AR, and AG’s) kept the fleet armed, fueled, supplied, repaired..
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Turning Baseball Upside Down
Eleven Arizona State Legion Championships, thousands of games, hundreds of drafted players and experiences to last a lifetime. Our..
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
As we approach Memorial Day and the uncertainty of what daily life will look like in May due to COVID-19,..
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"$2 for $2 for Luck" A WWII Story
Meet Doug Chitwood as he uses his journalism degree to produce VA hospital newsletters..
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A WARTIME PRISON CAMP LOG
April 29, 2020 marks 75 years since Bob and his fellow POWs were liberated. His remarkable story is transcribed..
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DEFY THE IMMEDIATE; A Journey of Failure, Perseverance, and Success (Foreward by Dick..
DEFY THE IMMEDIATE is an energizing and inspiring look at life lessons and the role perseverance plays in determining failure..
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Combat To College
Veterans must utilize the unique skills and discipline gained in the military to succeed in higher education. Your experiences make..
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The Chief
I am a Chief Petty Officer I am the pinnacle warrior of the sea I am in the right hand of Neptune I..
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The Other Veterans of World War II: Stories from Behind the Front Lines
For decades, the dramatic stories of World War II soldiers have been the stuff of memoirs, interviews, novels, documentaries, and..
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OUR VINES HAVE BORNE NO FRUIT
The B-25 bomber’s engines were on fire from the frontal attack by the Japanese fighter, but co-pilot Robert Halbertson was..
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