WASHINGTON — The keening notes of “Amazing Grace” reverberated at the granite walls of the Vietnam War Memorial as Army veteran Christian Jackson sounded his bagpipe at the close of the Veterans Day ...
More than 40 Twin Tiers veterans traveled from Binghamton to Washington DC this weekend as part of Honor Flight Mission 21, visiting memorials and receiving recognition for their service.
Before dawn on Tuesday, 88 veterans and their guardians boarded a flight to Washington, D.C., as part of an Honor Flight, a program designed to celebrate and reflect on their service.Jack Kindell, a ...
A pair of brothers from Union, Kentucky, who served in the Vietnam War, got the opportunity to visit the nation's capitol for the first time recently.Phil and David Craddock were brothers in arms and ...
The parade events and security measures made the usual memorial location impossible this year, so the ceremony was moved to the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria. The Vietnam ...
U.S. Army/Vietnam Veteran, Specialist 4 George Washington Froe on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. (7News) TOPICS: WASHINGTON (7News) — More than 50 years ago, many Vietnam veterans were met with scorn ...
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, which coordinates the yearly “In Memory” and “Father’s Day Rose Remembrance” events on the National Mall in D.C. each year, has had to move them to Virginia this ...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Jill Biden and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta joined an effort Wednesday to build an education center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to tell the stories of generations of veterans ...
After nearly a decade working as a volunteer, Vietnam veteran Charlie Paul sees the capitol as an Honor Flight guest.
Army veteran Steven Seebach creates a rubbing of his childhood friend's name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in a moving act ...