A new activity which fits the tradition of the Hague Veterans Club/Foundation Commemoration Veterans (Stichting Herdenking Veteranen) was a reception for the military attaches in our city during the Netherlands Veteransday in The Hague. The Hague as the United Nations city of Peace and Justice annually honors the Dutch veterans during veteransday, which for the …
For more than seven decades, Martin Adler treasured a black-and-white photo of himself as a young American soldier with a broad smile with three impeccably dressed Italian children he is credited with saving as the Nazis retreated northward in 1944. On Monday, the 97-year-old World War II veteran met the three siblings — now octogenarians …
He describes General MacArthur as “quite a guy.” In commemoration of the 75th year of World War II in the Philippines, one of its heroes returned. Richard “Dick” Adams visited Corregidor once again, but this time, he did not parachute out of a C-47 plane to land on the towering trees of the Rock. …
Donald Stratton, one of the last USS Arizona survivors from Pearl Harbor who fought for the recognition of one of his heroic shipmates, died Saturday night in his sleep, his granddaughter told Fox News. Stratton died of natural causes in Colorado Springs, Colo., his family said. He was 97. The Navy veteran said it wasn’t until …
Pence lays wreath at Arlington National Cemetery: ‘Their duty was to serve. Our duty is to remember’
Vice President Mike Pence on Monday marked Memorial Day by laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery and honoring fallen United States military service members, saying “this is the day that makes possible all other American days.” “Heroic Americans have answered their nation’s call and paid the ultimate price for our freedom,” Pence said of those who died while serving in …
100-year-old Bataan Death March survivor Col. Ben Skardon, a beloved Clemson University alumnus and professor emeritus, walked between 6.5 and 7 miles in the Bataan Memorial Death March at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 25, 2018. KEN SCAR/CLEMSON UNIVERSITY By ALI LINAN | Las Cruces Sun-News, N.M. (Tribune News Service) | Published: March 25, …
DEN HAAG – De Amerikaan Edward Fulmer, een van de dragers van de Militaire Willems-Orde, is overleden. Hij stierf volgens het ministerie van Defensie op oudejaarsdag op 98-jarige leeftijd. Fulmer was in september 1944 betrokken bij de Slag om Arnhem. Hij was tweede vlieger op een ongewapend transportvliegtuig, dat parachutisten en ontplofbare stoffen vervoerde. Het …
Honderd Amerikaanse matrozen en mariniers die omkwamen bij de aanval op Pearl Harbor, zijn bijna 76 jaar na dato alsnog geïdentificeerd. De militairen waren op 7 december 1941 aan boord van de USS Oklahoma, een slagschip dat kapseisde nadat het werd getroffen door vliegtuigtorpedo’s. In totaal kwamen 429 bemanningsleden van het schip om het leven. …
How Veterans Day went from celebrating world peace to thanking armed forces Source: Washington Post, 11 november 2017. Artikel door: Katie Mettler
WEST SACRAMENTO — While Fourth of July fireworks are a traditional sign of celebration for most Americans, they can be painful triggers for military veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Veterans FOX40 spoke with Monday say there aren’t many big campaigns spreading awareness about this issue because vets largely “suffer in silence” about their PTSD. …