Some Recent Veteran Stories In The News
November 11, 2023
Ted Barris recently shared photos and stories about his father's service during World War II.
Veteran stories from the Library Of Congress are now on display at LSU in Baton Rouge.
Ted Barris recently shared photos and stories about his father's service during World War II.
Veteran stories from the Library Of Congress are now on display at LSU in Baton Rouge.
Arizona Republic published on August 29, 2019 an article about the Navajo Code Talkers that starts of with ... "In 1942, during the depths of World War II, the United States Marine Corps recruited 29 Navajo men to develop an unbreakable code that would be used across the Pacific during the war ... [MORE] "
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Kevin Heaton has posted a great interview with his father - Albert Heaton. Mr. Albert Heaton served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
There is some great poetry at the end of the interview that Kevin wrote based on his father's experiences. We found them to be very moving and insightful.
Here are some excellent D-Day references and news stories that we have found to be terrific:
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The new Freedom Pavilion was recently opened at the World War II Museum in New Orleans. This video from DVIDS has more information.
The Freedom Pavilion has WWII aircraft and other "large item" displays.
Very interesting video from DOD LIVE on YouTube entitled: "WWII Veteran Returns to the Field of Battle." (Published on Jan 7, 2013)
The summary:
Cdr. Gerard Woelkers didn't grow up as a military brat, but he is the son of a World War II veteran. By taking orders to Germany, Woelkers is taking the opportunity to learn about his father's service and helping Frederick Woelkers close the book on this chapter in his life.
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John Wilkens at the Union-Tribune has an in-depth article with some great pictures of WWII Veterans visiting Washington DC including the WWII memorial.
A total of "105 veterans" took an "all-expenses-paid Honor Flight trip this weekend from San Diego were treated like heroes wherever they went. Strangers came up and thanked them for their service."
The group that puts this all together is the San Diego Honor Flight team.
The 3rd Veteran Stories Podcast is with Mr. Jim Hutson, and it covers his stories and experiences related to his service in the United Statues Marine Corps (1938-1966) during War World II, and his 28 total years of military service (China, Japan, United States, Vietnam):
(Size 46.7 MBs, Running Time 50m57s, Originally Published 02-27-2011)