Female veteran served the nation and so much more
In the Hometown Hero nomination form, Stacy Boehm is described as: Mom, Foster Mom, Adoptive Mom, Sports Mom, Momma Sass, Wife, Aunt, Sister, Advocate for ...
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D-Day in Normandy: The 101st Airborne’s Path to Victory
The 101st Airborne’s Brave Fight in Sainte-Marie-du-Mont 🪂⚔️ June 6, 1944, marked the beginning of the liberation of France, and the 101st Airborne Division was at the heart of it. This video ...
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'I was talking to history.' World War II veteran and Berkshire Place resident recalls what is was like to storm the beaches of Normandy
At just 17 years old, Joseph Coy left Pittsfield High School to enlist in the Navy, serving on Utah Beach on D-Day and later ...
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100-year-old veteran honored for service at Normandy during WW II
When he was 19 years old, Joseph B. “Ben” Miller landed at Normandy on D-Day in a paraglider. Eighty years later, he visited ...
WWII veteran and native Mainer celebrates 103rd birthday
Jim Mardin was about to dig into a heaping slice of cake at his 103rd birthday party when a voice shouted out for him to stop. "Everybody come on! We've got to sing happy birthday," Mardin's friend ...
Richard Schermerhorn, last known living D-Day veteran from Lehigh Valley, dies at 102
President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional pardon” to Washington, DC, police lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky and ...
'He just loved people': Lehigh Valley's last known living D-Day veteran dies, archivist says
The World War II veteran served in the army. His oldest daughter, Nancy Moats, told 69 News Schermerhorn was just 22 when he ...
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Bourbon company owned in part by Virginia Beach veteran raises over $400K
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach man and three fellow veterans raised over $400,000 for veterans and first responders through their new bourbon company. U.S. Air Force veteran Michael ...
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Valley War II veteran celebrates his 99th birthday
CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- A World War II veteran is celebrating his 99th birthday. On Wednesday, Action News went to Denny's on Clovis and Herndon, where Vern Schmidt meets with a group every month.
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Veteran D-Day pilot dies aged 102
On 5 June 1944, aged 21, he took part in his first combat mission, dropping elite paratroopers into German-occupied France to secure landing areas ahead of the main D-Day invasion. Col Hamilton ...
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New fund aims to help veterans, servicemembers fill financial gaps
For some servicemembers and veterans, a delay in benefits or unexpected expenses can be debilitating. Over the last decade, Joni Bonilla, founder of the Rotterdam-based nonprofit Operation At Ease ...
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Veteran’s ex-wife tried hiding divorce after he died to steal his VA benefits, feds say
A U.S. Army veteran’s ex-wife insisted she was his surviving spouse after he died so she could steal his military benefits, federal prosecutors said. Miranda Rachel Briggs of Rincon, Georgia ...