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IllinoisHomePage.net
April 3, 2018
Last month, Rauner appointed a trusted advisor and Marine Corps veteran Mike Hoffman to take over the helm as a new project manager at the Quincy home. Jeffries said she welcomes the new addition, and bristled at rumors that he had been assigned to take over her responsibilities at the facility.
The Columbian
April 3, 2018
Yvonne Ortega, left, and her mother, Barbara Jo Payne, both of Vancouver, hold Wathen Curtsinger's ashes and memorial flag Monday at Payne's home. Curtsinger, Payne's father and Ortega's grandfather, was a World War II Marine veteran. He died in 1996, and his ashes were lost in 2002, stolen duringÃâà...
AdVantageNEWS.com
April 3, 2018
Pontoon Beach Mayor Mike Pagano read a proclamation proclaiming March 29 Thank a Vietnam Veteran Day and recognizing the service of Vietnam War veterans. The program included songs by ... U.S. Marine Corps veterans recognized were Dennis Linkeman and Richard John Sasek. There were twoÃâà...
New York Times
April 3, 2018
The Indiana primary is among several, including those in West Virginia and Wisconsin, where Republicans are locked in nominating battles in states Mr. Trump won in 2016 and where the party has hoped to add to its slender two-seat majority. In Wisconsin, a Marine Corps veteran and political newcomer,Ãâà...
KUOW News and Information
April 3, 2018
Kim Malcolm talks with Marine Corps veteran Josh Penner and Navy veteran Rebecca Murch about the potential impact of privatizing healthcare services provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Penner is the Mayor of Orting, Wash. and runs the PNW Veterans Coalition. Murch is executiveÃâà...
Alton Telegraph
April 2, 2018
“Thank you for your service,” Silver Creek Chapter Regent Cheryl White told each veteran as she presented certificates and commemoration pins. Those recognized from the ... United States Marine Corps veterans recognized were: Dennis Linkeman and Richard John Sasek. There were two veterans fromÃâà...
Fairfax County Government NewsCenter
April 2, 2018
The Veterans Treatment Docket was started by Fairfax Circuit Court Judge Penney Azcarate, who was a General District Court judge at the time. Also a Marine Corps veteran, she had seen veterans coming back from overseas and finding themselves in her courtroom time and time again. She establishedÃâà...
Omaha World-Herald
March 27, 2018
He was a member of Lincoln Berean Church, a WWII U.S. Marine Corps veteran serving in the Marine Air Warning Squadron #11; a graduate of Nyack College with a THB degree; and an ordained conservative Baptist minister. Family members include his wife of 68 years, Mary Ruth Whitbeck; sons andÃâà...
89.3 KPCC
March 27, 2018
Marine Corps veteran Tomas de Oliveira joined about 150 firefighting trainees at a joint training by the non-profit Team Rubicon and the Bureau of Land Management. Libby Denkmann/KPCC. “Wildland firefighting is physically one of the toughest things you can do,” said Jason Boeshore, Veterans ProgramÃâà...
The Times Herald
March 22, 2018
Even though we have a really rich history in Whitemarsh, especially with the Revolutionary War, we've never had a place to honor veterans and share that history and recognize the sacrifices that not only a veteran makes but all veterans' families make,” said McGrath, a United States Marine Corps veteran.
Navajo Times
March 22, 2018
In addition to VASH, he said the Veterans Housing Assistance Plan is in the works. He said through VHAP, 103 homes would be going up for all the veterans who applied. VHAP is a program for veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless. Marine Corps veteran and Wide Ruins Veterans OrganizationÃâà...
kcentv.com
March 22, 2018
A Marine Corps veteran who was confined to a wheelchair after a series of strokes is now walking this week. But it took him a while ... He can now go far and it was time to surprise those who helped him get there like Kinesiotherapist Toby Johnson at the Olin Teague Veterans' facility in Temple. "Look at youÃâà...
Brunswick News
March 21, 2018
Buy Now. Marine Corps veteran Bob Hilton served during the Korean War and was there when the cease fire was announced. ... After returning home from 14 months in Korea, Hilton finished his military career at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. working in supply. ... Our Veterans runs Wednesdays.
Military Times
March 21, 2018
“As a Marine Corps veteran of Operation Desert Storm, I came to the startling realization six years ago that ODS was becoming a footnote in history, ... Washington, D.C. This is the association's preferred location for its proximity to the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and other memorials.
HelloGiggles
March 14, 2018
Today in things Donald Trump has said or tweeted to offend people: The President of the United States mistakenly spelled Marine Corps as “Marine Core,” making everyone – including veterans – question whether or not that's what he legitimately thinks the Marine Corps are called. Trump is currentlyÃâà...
NavyTimes.com
March 13, 2018
Two new Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the Ralph Johnson and the Patrick Gallagher, have been named after Vietnam War Marine Corps veterans. ... The next Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built is also named after a Vietnam War Marine Corps veteran, according to a Navy press release, and will beÃâà...
CBS Miami
March 9, 2018
Today, we are honoring Marine Corps veteran Omar Gonzalez. At 17, most people look forward to getting their driver's license or a car but Omar Gonzalez was looking forward to something quite different. Although young, Gonzales was moved to fight for his country overseas during the war in Iraq in 2006.
Virginian-Pilot
March 2, 2018
Navy and Marine Corps veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan with mental health problems were unfairly given less-than-honorable discharges by the Navy, ... Marine veteran Tyson Manker, of Jacksonville, Illinois, said Americans need to know that hundreds of thousands of veterans with service-related mentalÃâà...
WTVC
February 28, 2018
His close friends tell me he's been telling these Marine Corps stories for years. On the day we met in Cleveland, Tennessee he brought photos and a stack of papers. He also brought worn books that showed their age. One was With The Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa by E. B. Sledge. That is one of the books that theÃâà...
KOAA.com Colorado Springs and Pueblo News
December 31, 1999
Marine Corps vet, Mark Szarmach, says someone stole an eagle statue from his front yard. He purchased the statue about 20 years ago while serving in Okinawa, Japan. Since then, he's been displaying it proudly in front of every home he's lived in. "I remember the day that I bought it...it just really struck me.
