It’s always an incredible milestone when someone reaches their 100th birthday. It’s an achievement few people reach, and it’s certainly a day worth celebrating. Centenarians have lived long and eventful lives, and are an embodiment ...
A lot of young men had to give up their dreams during the years of war to serve their country. Roy Kinyon was one of them, he gave up his chance at becoming a professional ...
A Massachusetts widow recently received a surprise in the mail that made her holidays a little brighter. After a 76-year delay, a letter her late husband wrote to his mother while he was stationed overseas ...
None of the heroes who fought for freedom during World War II should have to fade away in a retirement home or die alone. Unfortunately, this happens every year in our country. And now that the ...
Claude proposed to Ruth by asking if she'd make a dress out of his parachute.
“It was almost like he was here because we talked about him a lot,” Aggie Cox Cooper told WSPA. Aggie was only 26 days old when her mother received word that the submarine, the USS ...
Happy birthday Lawrence Brooks, who at 110 is the nation's oldest WWII veteranhttps://t.co/ALPqs1MVXB pic.twitter.com/YvPc6mm7Dr — Marine Corps Times (@Marinetimes) September 12, 2019 The 110-year-old Brooks served initially as a servant to three white officers within ...
Aaron Cook, who served as a US Navy Aviation Chief Ordnanceman during the war, died on August 10 at the age of 96. Cook, from Fort Worth, enlisted in the Navy just days after his 18th ...
Walter and his son, William, traveled from their home in New York to Colorado so Walter could commission his grandson, Joseph. “I’m so excited for him,” William said. “He’s fulfilling his dream, and he was so ...
While he was in school, per his family, Charles was an accomplished student. He was Junior Class President, lettered in three different sports, and was a successful boxer. However, he heard the call of duty ...