Aug. 9, 2016

A feeling of fellowship

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — “No one does more for veterans.” This mantra was repeated hundreds of times while I shook the many hands of the veterans who spoke it. Steve Ryeland, a 45-year member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars

Aug. 8, 2016

Marine Killed in World War II Accounted For (Kines)

Marine Pvt. Emmett L. Kines, killed in World War II, has now been accounted for. In November 1943, Kines was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, which

Aug. 8, 2016

Marine Killed in World War II Accounted For (Vosmer)

Marine Pfc. Ronald W. Vosmer, killed in World War II, has now been accounted for. In November 1943, Vosmer was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, which

Aug. 8, 2016

Marine Killed in World War II Accounted For (Penna)

Marine Pvt. Frank F. Penna, killed in World War II, has now been accounted for. In November 1943, Penna was assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, which

Aug. 5, 2016

Sailor Killed in World War II Accounted For (Sederstrom)

Navy Ensign Verdi Sederstrom, killed in the attack on the USS Oklahoma on Dec. 7, 1941, has now been accounted for.The USS Oklahoma (BB-37) arrived in Pearl Harbor on Dec. 6, 1940, and spent the next