At age 98, Peter Senick of New Haven is among Connecticut's younger World War II veterans, a diminishing cohort in the state ...
In addition to the usual celebrations for veterans, the community rededicated its Iwo Jima Memorial ... of the famous World War II image of Marines raising the American flag on top of Mount ...
Veterans Day has its roots in a proclamation issued by President Woodrow Wilson in November 1919, a year after World War I ...
Roll Call started in 2014 with fifteen U.S. military veterans grabbing lunch. Now the Fort Worth group draws nearly five hundred attendees per meeting.
Hundreds gathered at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley on Monday for a heartfelt Veterans Day tribute ...
Wooddell welcomed those in attendance on behalf of the Honor Corps, American ... in 1944 with Iwo Jima and Okinawa on the ...
Gentile survived the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II and, along with other survivors, helped build the National Iwo Jima Memorial that stands tall today in Newington. "It's the only ...
The man who started it is a survivor himself of a WWII battle. Dr. George gentile founded the Iwo Jima Survivors Association and together they built the monument. Veteran Raymond Carrier maintains ...
The veterans met at the Iwo Jima Memorial, in New Britain, with the cutting of a birthday cake for the Marines 249th birthday. One of the Marine vets, in attendance, was 101 years old who actually ...
The Iwo Jima display was donated by the American Legion. It’s a smaller version that replaces the older display. Skip Liston is a veteran himself and is one of several volunteers who help set up ...
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library’s annual Veterans Day Event on Monday Nov. 11 in Simi Valley honored the men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. The event included a ...