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King lays wreath at Kirkcaldy War Memorial ...
"Every day is Memorial Day for those of us that served in combat," said Army Ranger veteran Mark Sheridan, an 83-year-old Purple Heart recipient.
Eight sons at war: The untold story of a Melrose family’s WWII sacrifice By 1944, Emma Bushee’s sons were serving on six continents. At home, she waited for their letters — and tried to pray ...
The remains of U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr., a bombardier from Livermore who went missing in action in the Pacific Theater during World War II, arrived back in the Bay Area Friday ahead ...
Visitors to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the anniversary of the fall of Saigon said they still felt sadness and fury. And some, at last, had a sense of closure.
The term “Decoration Day” increasingly gave way to “Memorial Day,” a switch that Congress enshrined in law in 1967. The following year, Congress decreed that, as of 1971, Memorial Day is ...
The team took to the field at the War Memorial Stadium in Wailuku Tuesday morning for warm-ups and on-field ... ‘It feels like home’: LA Rams open minicamp at Maui’s War Memorial ...
After 2 1/2 years of uneven neutrality, the United States entered the first World War on April 6, 1917. Henry dutifully registered for the draft on Aug. 3, 1917, well ahead of the Alaska deadline.
Lance Cpl. Darwin Lee Judge of Marshalltown, then just 19 years old, was one of the last two Americans to die in the Vietnam War 50 years ago today.
Instead, Memorial Day is a day to remember and mourn those who never made it home. A National Moment of Remembrance Congress passed the “National Moment of Remembrance Act” in 2000 to preserve ...
The War Memorial Center is seeking $9 million from the state, matched by private donations, to kickstart a preservation fund. ... The past lives of Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's new home.
HAMLER, Ohio — As many continue to honor and remember veterans on Memorial Day, one local family was reunited with their loved one for the first time in eight decades. In 1944, Sergeant Norman ...