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Borne the Battle Ep 149

Borne The Battle 149: WWII Weekend Part One: Pearl Harbor Survivors Richard Schimmel and William Bonelli

Posted on Wednesday, June 12, 2019 9:37 amDecember 10, 2019 Posted in Borne the Battle podcast, Honoring Vets, Top Stories by Tanner Iskra 11k views

WWII Weekend in Reading, PA had over twenty-five WWII Veterans attend the event. Included were two survivors …

Al Rodrigues - Veteran of the Day

#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Alfred “Uncle Al” Rodrigues

Posted on Friday, December 7, 2018 6:00 pmDecember 7, 2018 Posted in Veteran of the Day by Wilson Miles 411 views

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran and Pearl Harbor survivor Alfred “Uncle Al” Rodrigues. Al …

Raymond Chavez - Veteran of the Day

#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Raymond Chavez

Posted on Thursday, November 22, 2018 6:19 pmNovember 22, 2018 Posted in Veteran of the Day by Nicholas Rogers-Dillon 575 views

On December 7th, 1941, while finishing a graveyard patrol, Ray Chavez and his crew spotted the periscope of …

A fire rages during the attack on Pearl Harbor

On a Day of Infamy, Remember

Posted on Monday, December 6, 2010 6:29 pmFebruary 2, 2017 Posted in Top Stories by vacohortoa 101 views

Marking the anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Department of Veterans Affairs looks back at the …