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Ed Perkins balked when a group from Northeast Passage playing sled hockey on the rink at Strawbery Banke asked if he wanted to try it out. “I said 'hell no, I can't do that' and I walked away,” Perkins, 69, recalled this week.
On this Veterans Day, News 2 spoke with two women who served as nurses in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Aside from her roles as wife and mother, being a member of the U.S. Navy is one of Knapp's greatest honors.
Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaOnce a Marine...: Donald Lowe, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, watches the Patriot Guard Riders drive by during the Veterans Day parade on Wabash Avenue on Saturday. Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaA reflection of our country: U.S. Army veteran Ben Stoelting waves with his wife, Martha Bennett-Stoelting, as a color guard marches by during the Veterans Day parade on Wabash Avenue on Saturday morning.
PORT JERVIS – Those who braved Saturday morning's 28-degree temperatures for Port Jervis' Veterans Day Parade and Ceremony were thanked by VFW Post #161 1st Vice Commander Henry Dunn.
The Salt Lake Tribune) Members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1481 from Ogden greets the crowd at Nor... The Salt Lake Tribune) "I'm here to salute [veterans] and thank them for their service," said Albert Mora, 69, while watching the parade with his grandsons and wife. "They get a kick out of it and so do I." Mora's grandson Adrian, 7, salutes veterans at his side.
Texas church shooting victims and their families could have a hard time successfully suing the government over the Air Force's failure to submit the gunman's criminal history to the FBI - a step that would have blocked him from legally buying weapons. Relatives of the more than two dozen churchgoers who were killed in last Sunday's attack would face major obstacles, including protections written into law to shield the military from certain legal action.
A military jury has sentenced a Marine Corps drill instructor to 10 years behind bars for tormenting and physically abusing young recruits, especially Muslims, including one who later killed himself. Gunnery Sgt.
The purpose of Veterans Day is to pay tribute to the military personnel, both living and dead, who served so selflessly to preserve America's status as the Land of the Free. Today is Veterans Day 2017, and the first such day in many decades where Leonard Klenzak cannot be counted among the living vets.
In this Tuesday, Oct., 31, 2017 photo, U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Joseph A. Felix, his wife, and his lawyers exit a courtroom after testimony at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Military prosecutors say the former Marine Corps drill instructor facing court-martial on charges including cruelty and maltreatment was "drunk on power" and targeted three Muslim recruits for abuse.
The U.S. Air Force missed at least two chances to block the shooter in last weekend's deadly church attack in Texas from buying guns after he was accused of a violent offense in 2012, according to current and former government officials and a review of military documents. A third opportunity to flag shooter Devin Kelley was lost two years later by a twist of bad luck when a Pentagon inspection of cases narrowly missed the former airman.
In this Tuesday, Oct., 31, 2017 photo, U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Joseph A. Felix, his wife, and his lawyers exit a courtroom after testimony at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Military prosecutors say the former Marine Corps drill instructor facing court-martial on charges including cruelty and maltreatment was "drunk on power" and targeted three Muslim recruits for abuse.
The United States and South Korea on Saturday started joint naval exercises that will involve three U.S. aircraft carriers in what military officials describe as a clear warning to North Korea. The four-day drills that began in waters off South Korea's eastern coast come as President Donald Trump continues a visit to Asia that has been dominated by discussions over the North Korean nuclear threat.
Walt McDaniel had just bought a used car from a dealer in his hometown of Elwood, Indiana, when the car's radio announced the news that Pearl Harbor had been attacked. The 19-year-old and his cousin decided they wanted to fly and not walk, so they signed up for the Aviation Cadet Program at their first opportunity.
South Korean warships joined three US aircraft carriers Saturday in an unusually strong display of naval force aimed at North Korea, whose nuclear ambitions have been a focus of US President Donald Trump's ongoing tour of Asia. The four-day joint exercise in the western Pacific involves three flattops -- USS Ronald Reagan, USS Nimitz and USS Theodore Roosevelt -- and seven South Korean warships including three destroyers, Seoul's defence ministry said.
South Korean warships joined three US aircraft carriers Saturday in an unusually strong display of naval force aimed at North Korea, whose nuclear ambitions have been a focus of US President Donald Trump's ongoing tour of Asia. Nuclear-armed North Korea regularly denounces joint US and South Korean military drills as rehearsals for invasion.
On November 10th 1775, the Continental Marines, now known as the Marine Corp, was established. Marines played central roles in many of the conflicts our nation has been involved in.
Veterans gathered at Woody's Bar in Decatur to support the 242nd birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps. This event put a focus on the family that makes up the Marines.