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Memorial Day observance
Hackleburg, AL
On 27 May 2017, our post is having a first COOK OFF IN THE PARK benefiting the local youth by..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Vietnam
Delta Company participated in many well known engagements including the Khe Sahn hill fights. Operations included Hue City, Meade River,..
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OTHER
Our Memorial Day ceremony
Custer, MT
Every year for Memorial Day, our small post (usually 55 to 60 members) goes to the local cemetery the Saturday..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
Flags fly in Cassadaga, 2017
Cassadaga, NY
Once again the village of Cassadaga displays its patriotism by displaying over 200 American flags. Cassadaga American Legion Memorial Post..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
The world's first Vietnam veterans memorial?
Semmes, AL
We served our time in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. While we were doing that, we erected what we believe..
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OTHER
Why Marines loved Chesty Puller
Hatboro, PA
In 1951, the corporal in the bed nest to me in the San Diego Naval Hospital had lost one eye..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
The Warrior's Shield
The Warrior’s Shield By Alan D. Preisser, Major USAF (ret.) The warrior’s shield is molded rust No longer beats the drum..
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FAMILY LEGACY
Florida Governor's Veterans Service Award
Live Oak, FL
My father died from cancer in 1969, and when I heard a veteran could get an service for his or..
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MY HERO, OUR STORY
My dad, my hero
Murrells Inlet, SC
My name is David A. Rapp and my dad is my hero. My dad Charles David Rapp Jr, was born..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
On Creating a Military Family Memorial
ON CREATING THE MILITARY FAMILY MEMORIAL by Dr. Circe Olson Woessner, Founder and Director of the Museum of the American..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Blue Star Flag Found
September 24, 1917 marks the 100th anniversary of the Blue Star Service flag having been read into Congressional Record. We..
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MY HERO, OUR STORY
World War II Navy Seabee
marysville, MI
My father, Chester B. Kidder, was inducted into the U.S. Navy Seabees on Aug. 10, 1945, Nearing the end of..
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VOLUNTEERING
7 Tour War Veteran Pays it Forward
New Milford, NJ
A 7 Deployment War Veteran Paying it Forward Helping over 444 Men and Women A Story about my Neighbor and..
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COMMUNITY MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS
Veterans' Memorial Plaza, Baldwin, N.Y.
Baldwin, NY
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Two Flags
Two Flags An American flag, tattered and torn, had come to it’s end of it’s time. Standing by was a brand new flag, young..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Hollywood encounter
Drafted in 1971, we were bussed from Detroit to a barracks complex at Fort Knox, Ky., which served as home..
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MY HERO, OUR STORY
My hero, our story
Bronx, NY
My name is Carl DiMedio. I am a 27-year member of SAL Squadron 253 in the Bronx, N.Y. This is..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
‘Heavy equipment’ training
In April 1975 I enlisted in the Army. The very nice recruiter suggested after my testing that I pick combat..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
NO basic training!
The Korean outbreak started in June 1950. I was fresh out of high school and, like many young men, was..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
KP duty on Christmas
It was Christmas Eve, 1956. I had joined the Air Force in July and was stationed at Sheppard Air Force..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Good-bye, Lieutenant, a true American hero
My story will, I hope, remind people that there was a war in Korean that cost almost 37,000 American lives,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Dad was right
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, summer 1962. Disregarding my father’s advice to never volunteer (he, a WWII Army Air Corps..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Little drummer boy
I joined the Navy in May 1951 and was sent to the Naval Base at Newport, R.I. for 12 weeks..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Weather changes
After reading about the guys who mowed the grass at Great Lakes Naval Base in December 1945, I could not..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Guard duty and KP duty
I was drafted into the Army at 18 in my senior year of high school at Wolf Point, Mont., August,..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Homesick cured
The year was 1962. Ft. Jackson, S.C. in August seemed to be the hottest place on the face of the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A fast right hook
It was the summer of 1952. I was but 16, so Mom had to sign for me. I was sent..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
They don’t miss a thing
In 1966 I quit school and enlisted in the Army. I was 17 years old. I was sent to Ft...
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Big feet and babysitting
My basic training memories were at Sampson Air Force Base, N.Y., February 1954. The one moment I recall is marching..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Undeserving of stripes
I was drafted out of high school in 1949 at 18 years old and sent to Honolulu, Hawaii. We were..
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