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07/14/11 All About Jazz is celebrating Alan Dawson's birthday today! Alan Dawson was a respected jazz drummer and widely influential percussion teacher based in Boston. He was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania and raised in Roxbury, MA. Serving in the Army for Korean War duty, Dawson played with the Army Dance Band while stationed at Fort Dix from 1951-1953. During his tenure, Alan explored the post-bop era ...
07/14/11 Edward W. Schwarz, 82, of Westport, died July 12. Born in Stuttgart, Germany, he came to the United States in 1940 with his parents, Eugene and Annie Schwarz . He attended Erasmus High School and graduated with a BS in engineering from Lafayette College . He was a veteran of the Korean War.
07/11/11 By Eric Mann pic honor flight.jpg The concept of "honor flights" to reward United States war veterans by giving them free airliner trips to visit memorial sites in Washington, D.C. began in 2004 with World War II vets and will be continued on behalf of Korean War and Vietnam War vets. Bob Myer of Allen County, vice president of Honor Flights of Northeastern Indiana, made that known at a ...
07/11/11 Vergillio D'Antonio loved children. After serving in the Army infantry as a sergeant in the closing months of the Korean War, D'Antonio built orphanages for children - from infants to teens - living on the streets whose parents were killed, died from disease or hunger, or simply went missing during the conflict.
07/10/11 When the Korean War broke out, about 70 percent of the 1950 class at Seoul High School in South Korea signed up to fight.
07/08/11 An 82-year-old Minnesota man who survived the Korean War says that's nothing to what he encountered in Canada. He says a black bear kept him captive in his cabin for hours, trying to get at his food.
07/08/11 He had also served in the Marines Wyatt Cameron "Cammy" Slack, a retired Maryland National Bank executive and Korean War veteran, died July 1 of respiratory failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson.
07/06/11 Korean War veteran Rudolph Rank displays his medals in his home in NE Calgary on November 8th, 2010.
07/04/11 Korean War veteran John R. Cooper, left, is assisted by Veronica Christensen in sewing the West Virginia restorative patch onto the National 9/11 Flag at the Martinsburg VA Medical Center in Martinsburg, W.Va.
07/03/11 Greg Brooks, of Blanchard, OK, said his long quest to bring his uncle's remains home from the Korean War is over.
07/01/11 After many years, Korean War veteran Al Ford will make his return to Ypsilanti as he is set to lead the Independence Day Parade, set for Monday, as this year's Grand Marshal.
07/01/11 Edward Joseph Curilla, 87, of Kelleys Island, passed away Wednesday evening, June 29, 2011, in Ohio Veterans Home, Sandusky, following a lengthy illness. He was born Feb. 3, 1924, in Cleveland and was a U.S. Navy veteran serving in WWII and the Korean War. read more
06/30/11 A World War II and Korean War veteran is still on a mission to honor the country and the flag. He's using his motorcycle to do it, despite being almost 90 years old.
06/28/11 During the Korean War he was a flight surgeon for the Air Force. He then moved to Lake Isabella, CA where, with his wife and children, he owned and operated a 6-bed hospital and published a bi-weekly newspaper.
06/26/11 The USS Wisconsin serves as a symbol of American strength and determination during World War II, the Korean War and the Persian Gulf War, but when the Kizziah family visited the decommissioned ship they had one man in mind.World War II veteran James Frank Kizziah toured the ship with 10 family...
06/25/11 Oakton resident Alexander MacNabb, 81, has suffered from tinnitus for nearly 60 years, ever since returning from serving in the Navy during the Korean War.
06/25/11 Three men who fought together in the Korean War got together in Reidsville for the first time in 60 years
06/24/11 Thomas A. Ganley Sr., 84, of Southport, the husband of Mary A. (Hughes) Ganley for 57 years, died June 22 in Bridgeport. Born in Westmeath, Ireland, he immigrated to the United States in 1949 and served during the Korean War. He later worked as a clerk in the Southport Post Office more than 30 years.
06/23/11 Luke Thomas, Sons of the American Legion Squadron 57 Commander and Charles Hulett-Korean War Veteran post the colors to begin The American Legion, Bucklin, Missouri Green Hills Post 57 meeting, on June 18, 2011. Post 57 and Squadron 57 monthly meetings are held at 6 p.m. the third Sunday of each month. The next Post 57 event will be a community fish fry; Friday, July 1, at 5 pm at the Bucklin ...
06/23/11 Pro-North Korea sympathizers, disappear! Saturday marks the 61st anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. Even after the 60th anniversary last year, the war continues to draw historical and cultural attention in South Korea.
06/22/11 BLACKSTONE - Army Sgt. Alan L. Snyder, 28, formerly of Clyde Street, was killed in an accident in Afghanistan on Saturday, becoming the town's first military casualty since the Korean War. |
