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Showing posts with label WWII veteran. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWII veteran. Show all posts
Sunday, May 10, 2020

PEW Think Tank: About 300,000 U.S. World War II veterans are alive in 2020, 14,500 of them are female

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On 75th anniversary of V-E Day, about 300,000 American WWII veterans are alive PEW Research Think Tank Katherine Schaeffer May 8, 2020 ...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

93 Year Old WWII Veteran's VA Pension Claim Tied Up For 18 Months?

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93-year-old veteran's pension application held-up for 18 months WTVR 6 News By: Bree Sison Feb 11, 2020 The Problem Solvers reac...
Saturday, September 7, 2019

Widow discovered husband's secret life...diary of PTSD and POW

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Discovery of WWII diary revives a Sarasota widow’s trauma Herald Tribune Billy Cox September 6, 2019 Lorraine Glixon recently discove...
Saturday, August 17, 2019

Calverton Cemetery will 'never let a veteran be forgotten'

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Calverton cemetery employees strive to 'never let a veteran be forgotten' Newsday Long Island By Martin C. Evans August 17, 201...

Mayor Bill de Blasio's broke silence on suicide in his own family

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Mayor Draws on Father’s Suicide in Dealing With Spike Among NYPD Officers The Wall Street Journal By Katie Honan and Tyler Blint-Welsh ...
Saturday, July 20, 2019

WWII Veteran was buried as "homeless" because donated body was cremated

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Son of deceased veteran steps forward: Dad wasn't homeless Newsday By Martin C. Evans July 19, 2019 The crematory received the ...
Saturday, July 13, 2019

World War II veteran James Pepe, hero among us

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Heroes Among Us: Navy Veteran James Pepe Helped Many Wounded Soldiers During World War II CBS 4 News By Marybel Rodriguez July 12, 2019...
Tuesday, July 2, 2019

80 years later, Tuskegee Airman received diploma

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Tuskegee Airman receives diploma 80 years after high school By:  The Associated Press July 1, 2019      JEFFERSON CITY...
Tuesday, June 11, 2019

“Candy Bomber” — will always be a hero in the eyes of the German children

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'Candy bomber' joins tens of thousands on base for 70th anniversary of Berlin Airlift’s end STARS AND STRIPES By JENNIFER H. SVA...
Thursday, June 6, 2019

Paratrooper Veteran Jumps In D-Day Rerun at 97!

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97-Year-Old U.S. Paratrooper Veteran Jumps In D-Day Rerun NBC News Published on Jun 5, 2019 Tom Rice was with the 101st Airborne Di...
Saturday, June 1, 2019

WWII veteran flew 1,500 miles for grandson's Air Force Academy graduation

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101-year-old WWII veteran flew 1,500 miles to commission grandson at Air Force Academy FOX 31 BY PHIL RANKIN May 31, 2019 COLORADO SP...
Thursday, May 30, 2019

Hear a 98-year-old Marine veteran tell her story

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'I've been a helper all my life': Hear a 98-year-old Marine veteran tell her story River Towns By Hannah Black May 29, 2019...
Monday, May 27, 2019

John Pinto, a Navajo Code Talker passed away

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WWII Code Talker and longtime NM lawmaker dies at 94 The Associated Press By: Morgan Lee and Mary Hudetz May 26, 2019 An unassuming a...
Tuesday, May 7, 2019

WWII Veteran lived long enough to see memorials in Washington, but not home again

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95-year-old WWII vet dies returning from Honor Flight to Washington FOX 5 News BY BOB PONTING AND JEFF MCADAM MAY 6, 2019 SAN DIEGO –...
Thursday, April 25, 2019

First Navy SEAL team has last living member

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Last remaining member of first-ever Navy SEAL team celebrates 94th birthday CBS NEWS BY CAITLIN O'KANE APRIL 24, 2019 From the b...
Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Unsolved Mysteries "Gabby's Bones" given proper military funeral in Wyoming

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Murdered WWII vet's body found in Wyoming, given military funeral KGWN News April 3, 2019 The story also got national attention on...
Saturday, March 2, 2019

WWII Veteran's Son, John Mayer, has foundation for veterans

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John Mayer launches foundation for veterans’ health Press Herald February 28, 2019 Mayer, whose father was a World War II veteran, sai...
Thursday, February 21, 2019

WWII veteran celebrated 92nd birthday sharing Chick-Fil-A with total strangers

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WWII veteran buys $1,500 worth of Chick-Fil-A for military families to celebrate 92nd birthday WTOL 11 News Author: Samantha Kubota Feb...
Monday, February 18, 2019

Help Herbie, WW2 Veteran, Dying Wish Come True

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Fundraiser Underway to Help 96-Year-Old WWII Veteran Live Final Days at Home Care Facility Faithwire February 18, 2019 Friends of Gord...
Saturday, January 26, 2019

WWII Veteran Harry Rockafeller stands tall

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NJ police install 9-foot statue to honor veteran Police One  January 25, 2019 "Rocky we did it!" “It was really an overw...