Lex the Military Working Dog Just a couple of weeks shy of his 21st birthday, Marine Corporal Dustin Jerome Lee was mortally wounded in a mortar attack in Fallujah, Iraq, in March 2007. Lee’s partner Lex, a Military Working Dog, who was also wounded, was at his side to comfort him. Medics had to drag […]
Glowing with tributes to our nation’s true heroes, Honoring Americas Veterans will present the 2020 Phoenix Veterans Day Celebration. This year’s theme is “The USA, A Beacon of Liberty.” Due to the worldwide pandemic, the in-person parade will be a Livestream event. Time: Livestreams start at 11 a.m. Date: Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020 Facebook Livestream:
Francis (Frank) Doherty was born May 21, 1928, and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. Doherty enlisted in the U.S. Army at the age of 17 during World War II and was given a non-combat assignment. He returned to Detroit and pursued a degree at the University of Detroit, until he was called back to active
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“If there’s one thing that’s held true my entire life, it’s that I wanted to stand up for my country. Afghanistan is where I was given the opportunity to do just that,” says 28-year-old Ian Parkinson. He was inspired by his family’s long history of military service: father and uncles, Vietnam-era veterans; grandfathers, World War
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Frank Vinales joined the Army right after high school at the age of 17 and had to obtain his parents’ permission to do so. He said he wanted to do something to protect our country through war service. After joining, he went to jungle school in Panama, to reconnaissance school and became a machine gun
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John Kolling left his family’s North Dakota farm and joined the Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota, when he was 20 years old. He traveled by ship from New York to Scotland aboard the Queen Mary to fight in the war with duty in Central Europe, Rhineland and the Ardennes. He was an armored car driver
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