Veteran | War History

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Gives Navy Veteran Thanksgiving Surprise

Clare Fitzgerald
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson smiling at a camera

In the lead-up to Thanksgiving, actor and former WWE champion Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson went out of his way to honor a US Navy veteran…

New Zealand’s Oldest WWII Veteran Dies Aged 108

Soldiers sitting in a boat + Bill Mitchell smiling

New Zealand’s oldest World War II veteran, Bill Mitchell, has passed away at the age of 108. News of his death was confirmed by his…

A Veteran From WWII Meets Man He Saved From A Concentration Camp 7 Decades Ago (Watch)

It was a remarkable reunion, and one that was thankfully caught on camera. A brave World War II veteran from Colorado met with a Holocaust survivor…

92-year old D-Day Landings Veteran receives Chevalier Medal

92-year old Fred Amess, of Whangamata, New Zealand, is as pleased as punch!  This veteran of the D-Day Landings in Normandy, France has been awarded…

A world of experiences – Air Force service provides local veteran opportunity to travel the globe

By Jeremy P. Amick In 2009, Martin Reid began working for Lincoln University and now serves as the school’s Auxiliary Services Coordinator. These last several…

82nd Airborne Division WWII Veteran still waiting for Medal of Honor

James Megellas has a room lined with military honors and awards. “You lead from the front, you command from the rear,” Megellas said. “If you’re…

The Incredible Fate of the Soviet Fighter Ace, Alexei Maresyev – Hero With No Legs

Alexei Maresyev was a celebrated Soviet pilot and a Hero of the Soviet Union, who became famous for his determination to continue the fight, even…

64 years later: 101st Vet got to eat the meal that was stolen at Bastogne

With food being scarce during the Siege of Bastogne the defenders of the battered bastion instinctively searched for alternatives to fill their aching stomachs.  However,…

‘My own decisions’ Veteran served as Navy corpsman while assigned to Marine Corps in Japan

Enlisting in the Navy in 1951, California, Mo., resident Richard Schroeder went on to become a Navy corpsman attached to the United States Marine Corps…

64 years later: 101st Vet got to eat the meal that was stolen at Bastogne

With food being scarce during the Siege of Bastogne the defenders of the battered bastion instinctively searched for alternatives to fill their aching stomachs.  However,…

Farm experience – Russellville veteran discusses Cold War era service experimental program

By Jeremy P. Amick When Ronald “Rick” Price enlisted in the Army in the early 1960s, he predicted his military career might land him in…

‘It made me a wiser person’ Marine Corps veteran discusses lessons from service during Vietnam War

By Jeremy P. Ämick While attending Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., in the fall of 1965, Ron Saucier and a group of friends decided…