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Award salutes volunteers who help veterans
World War II veteran John Dicks, 86, has already given his country so much. And yet he finds that he wants to give more. The Baltimore resident volunteers two days a week at the Loch Raven VA Community Living & Rehabilitation Center, a facility within...
Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), American Legion, Parkville, Timonium, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
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Large crowd gathers on Main Street for Bel Air's Fourth of July parade
Bel Air's annual Fourth of July parade went off without a hitch Wednesday evening, even with its slightly modified new parade route. Floats, cars, bands and other participants began at Gordon Street and the parade made its way down Main Street, south...
Tags: War of 1812, Havre de Grace, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Festive Events
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Commissioners OK veterans shuttle to Baltimore, Frederick
The Board of County Commissioners this week approved creation of a shuttle bus service to transport veterans from two locations in Carroll County to Veterans Administration hospitals in Baltimore City and Frederick. The commissioners voted 4-0 on a...Tags: Fort Detrick (military base), Public Transportation
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Top enlisted personnel named at Colorado Springs Armed Forces Week luncheon
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.)Three local troops were recognized Friday as the 2013 Outstanding Enlisted Military Representatives at the annual Armed Forces Week Luncheon at The Broadmoor. Senior Airman Gordon T. Burton, Air Force Staff Sgt. Donald W. Wheat III and Navy Senior Chief...Tags: Habitat for Humanity International, U.S. Army, Mental Health, Armed Forces, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Veterans group looks to rebound
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.Folding chairs sit in haphazard rows on a creaking wood floor, about half-crowded with people who periodically venture to the back of the room for coffee and doughnuts. Minutes are discussed and points of order are called out periodically. Smiles and...Tags: Physical Disabilities, Trials, Justice System, Theft
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Motorcyle club supports Little League with breakfast
The Hawk Eye, Burlington, IowaThe Eagle Riders Motorcycle Club stepped up to the plate Sunday to support the Burlington Little League. The club attracted more than 300 people to the Burlington Aerie No. 150 Eagles Club Sunday morning for a buffet breakfast aimed at buying...Tags: French Toast
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Club And Events 5.12.13
Times Record, Fort Smith, Ark.Ozark Bead Box: Members meet at 1 p.m. today at the Fort Smith Public Library, 3201 Rogers Ave. For information, call Diana at 652-1009. Mother Earth's Community Garden: Volunteers meet at 1:30 p.m. today and 9:30 a.m. Saturday for a work session at the...Tags: Libraries, Western Sizzlin Corporation, Anglicanism, Women's Health, Christianity
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Veterans van service program needs volunteers
The Daily Times, Farmington, N.M.More info What: To volunteer as a driver or schedule a ride, call the Farmington unit of the Disabled American Veterans at 505-793-1782. FARMINGTON -- Drive a van and help a veteran. That's the message of a local volunteer-based program that needs...Tags: Heart Attack, U.S. Army, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Navy, Vehicles
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Ladysmith Marine's name being added to Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Milwaukee Journal SentinelA Marine from Ladysmith who was wounded by a sniper in Vietnam and died in 1976 will be added to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Mother's Day. Sgt. Dennis R. Siverling enlisted in the Marines six days after his 17th birthday in...Tags: Washington, DC, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Veterans Day, Mother's Day, U.S. Army
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BRIEF: Unity donations matched for high school band, DAV
Austin Daily HeraldMinnesota Masonic Charities has made two matching grants to gifts Unity Chapter No. 29 Order of the Eastern Star made in Austin. Unity made a $100 gift to the Austin High School band and a $200 gift to Commander Ronald Hanson of the Disabled American... -
Decades later, a Purple Heart
The Philadelphia InquirerRobert James Miller remembers the terrible day he was riding on top of a military vehicle when a firefight erupted around him. A piece of shrapnel from an explosion dug deep into his left shoulder. "It hit me like a white-hot hammer," he recalled....Tags: Physical Disabilities, Skype, U.S. Army, Vietnam, Hospitals and Clinics
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Byron G. Ashburn, 87
Byron George Ashburn, 87, of Chambersburg, Pa., passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at Quincy Village. Born March 4, 1926, in Altoona, Pa., he was the son of the late Samuel George and Mildred Elizabeth Brubaker Ashburn. A 1944 graduate of Altoona...
Tags: Washington, DC, American Legion, James Buchanan, U.S. Navy, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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