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Operation Song graphic for the song, "The Forgotten War," by Carl Murphy.

#OperationSong – “The Forgotten War” by Carl Murphy

Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2019 9:51 amJanuary 31, 2019 Posted in Guest Posts, Tanner Iskra, Videos by Savannah Labbe 1 comment 1k views

Carl Murphy served in the Korean War, which he feels is not remembered as well as other wars, prompting him …

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Alvin York – Hero of the Argonne

Posted on Friday, January 25, 2019 10:37 amJanuary 25, 2019 Posted in Guest Posts by Mitchell Hale 1k views

Sargent Alvin York received the Medal of Honor for incredible acts of heroism during the Meuse-Argonne …

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#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Leroy Quintana

Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 6:00 pmJanuary 15, 2019 Posted in Veteran of the Day by Nicholas Rogers-Dillon 267 views

Army Airborne Veteran Leroy Quintana served in Vietnam before becoming a critically acclaimed poet.

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Purple Hearts Reunited’s Operation Keystone returns lost medals across the state of Pennsylvania

Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2019 6:12 amJanuary 10, 2019 Posted in Guest Posts by Mitchell Hale 210 views

Purple Hearts Reunited has returned medals to their recipients’ families or to homes of honor from Nov. 1 …

Operation Song graphic for the song, "He Took My Place," by Gary Lima.

#OperationSong – “He Took My Place” by Gary Lima

Posted on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 3:30 pmJanuary 11, 2019 Posted in Guest Posts, Tanner Iskra by Mitchell Hale 13k views

Gary Lima served in a Marine helicopter squadron during the 1974 Cyprus Conflict. His song is to help …

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#VeteranOfTheDay Army Veteran Marcella Ryan LeBeau

Posted on Friday, November 30, 2018 3:45 pmNovember 30, 2018 Posted in Veteran of the Day, Videos by Ben Pekkanen 526 views

Ninety-nine-year-old Army Veteran Marcella Ryan LeBeau is today's #VeteranOfTheDay.

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#OperationSong – “I Served” by Zarita Croney

Posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 3:52 pmDecember 11, 2018 Posted in Guest Posts, Women Veterans by Savannah Labbe 845 views

Zarita Croney is an ambassador for the Military Sisterhood Initiative, where she fights to let other female …

Graphic showing a collage on the left side and two Veterans on the right side. Text reads, "Thalys Train Attack / Spencer Stone & Alek Skarlatos

Thalys Train Attack

Posted on Friday, November 2, 2018 10:25 amNovember 2, 2018 Posted in Guest Posts by Bryttni Carpenter 187 views

Air Force Veteran Spencer Stone and Army Veteran Alek Skarlatos found themselves in the middle of a …

Veterans Legacy Program: Sfc. Gil Ramos-Rivera, from Puerto Rico to Korea to Vietnam

Posted on Friday, October 12, 2018 10:19 amOctober 15, 2018 Posted in Memorial Affairs, Veterans Legacy Program by Kenneth Holliday 476 views

Sfc. Gil Ramos-Rivera was born and raised in Puerto Rico and served in both the Korean War and Vietnam …

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Honoring Army Veteran Todd Blackburn, 25th Anniversary of Battle of Mogadishu

Posted on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 10:02 amOctober 3, 2018 Posted in Guest Posts, Honoring Vets by Alisa Mulberry Adams 7k views

On the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Mogadishu, a battle memorialized by the movie Black Hawk Down; this …

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