The longer Dr. Elaine Date studied the medical file of Cpl. Frank Sandoval, the more certain she became: In any previous war, he never would have survived. Shrapnel from a roadside bomb blast in Iraq had broken open his skull and damaged portions of his brain last November. Yet here he was, alive and struggling [...]
When Staff Sgt. James Bialota went through basic training in 2002, the U.S. Air Force spent six and a half weeks transforming him from a college-age civilian into a member of the U.S. military. Four and a half years later, after a tour of duty in Iraq and a back injury, Bialota, 28, will leave [...]
CANTON – Caroline McGarvey enlisted in the Army, hoping to spare a family man elsewhere from being drafted. Roy Martin dropped out of the Air Force after 10 years because he was missing too many big moments in his daughter’s development. They and about 400 other veterans came to the Memorial Civic Center on Wednesday [...]
Maine received an enormous amount of positive publicity last week. Morrill Worcester of the Worcester Wreath company, and hundreds of volunteers, delivered 5,000 wreaths to Arlington National Cemetery. It was Worcester’s mission to honor and remember our veterans as well as teach about their sacrifice. The ceremony was an unusual enough occurrence that 17 TV [...]
The 76-year-old woman hopes her finished products chase away the chills for homeless veterans as well. Earlier this year, Troutman, who has lived with her husband in the same house in Mustang for 42 years, heard about a homeless veteran who died. She decided her quilt-making hobby had a new purpose. “I was watching the [...]
PITTSBURGH – A pair of combat boots. A wristband woven from boot laces with several bullets dangling. A photo of black servicemen standing outside a makeshift African temple. The items are part of “Soul Soldiers: African Americans and the Vietnam Era,” a new exhibit at the Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center that examines [...]
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Nearly 500 survivors of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor were here Thursday to honor those who died in the surprise attack 65 years ago. Many veterans were treating the gathering as their last, uncertain whether they would be alive or healthy enough to travel to Hawaii for the next big [...]
HONOLULU – Sixty-five years ago, Takeshi Maeda and John Rauschkolb tried to kill each other at Pearl Harbor. This week, now both 85, they met face-to-face for the first time and shook hands. The Japanese veteran gripped Rauschkolb’s arm with his left hand and briefly hesitated, as if he was searching for the right words. [...]
As military veterans who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor gather in Honolulu for what many describe as their last hurrah, a younger generation stands ready to carry on their legacy and preserve the memory of the thousands who perished on that infamous day. “This is a very key point in our history, where the [...]