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Military news…
| GI Go Fund Organized Weekend Fundraiser for Homeless, Jobless Veterans A group of U.S. Navy SEALs teamed up with veterans and military supporters to swim across the Hudson River for a good cause. |
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15-Year-Old Minnesotan Teenager Raises $77,000 To Build Veterans’ Memorial
Eagle Scout Dom Claseman of Olivia, Minnesota, realized his hometown needed a veterans memorial. Dom painted his town with flyers, met with veterans, and appeared in local media. In total, he raised $77,000 to build one.
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| ‘He Lives Up To His Marine Corps Motto’: WWII Veteran Celebrates 102nd Birthday Harry Kone, a World War II veteran of the Pacific Campaign, celebrated his 102nd birthday Tuesday with friends, family, and fellow Marine veterans at Semper Fi Bar and Grille in Woodstock. |
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Kissimmee WWII Veteran Honored With French Legion of Honor
U.S. Navy veteran Stephen A. Nemeth served as a gunner aboard several armed merchant ships that sailed across a stormy, deadly, cold, Nazi U-boat- and underwater mine-infested Atlantic Ocean, to deliver vital supplies and soldiers for the war in Europe.
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Animal Shelter Honors Military Working Dogs With Memorial
The memorial consists of a life-size granite sculpture of a 12-year-old German shepherd, known as Chyba, who served as a U.S. Army military patrol and security police dog in Kuwait and Germany.
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US aircraft, artillery pound militants in Syria after rocket attack
U.S. forces struck back with airstrikes and artillery, killing at least four Iranian-backed militants in response to rocket attacks in Syria that injured three Americans.
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I was thinking of what to share today about my military times. Immediately I thought of my time in Korea.
What hit me the hardest was the fact that two buddies and I joined the military, and were sent to Korea, and only two came back alive. That still gives me bad dreams today.
Another very hard time is when a good buddie, I got to know in Korea, went out to the local village and got totally drunk. He tried to make it back to our base, but he stumbled into a honey bucket, (A hole that the locals filled with human waste for fertilizer,) and suffocated. We were in shock when the company commander told us about it the next morning in formation.
I know about the loss of a buddy. If you are there too, I feel for you.
I have these two bad moments written in my upcoming book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the Trenches of Life, so keep coming back to get caught up on the progress of the book. Better yet….go to the top of this page and click on subscribe. When you do all future posts go directly to your inbox.
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