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Naples Daily News - Mon Nov 9, 11:31 am ET
Here of list of activities and ceremonies in Southwest Florida to honor Veteran's Day. ■ Free Zoo Entry for Veterans: Nov. 7 - 11, Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens is offering free admission to all active military and veterans. Military personnel will receive free admission to Naples Zoo by presenting current military identification or membership card in a veteran’s organization and matching ...
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SouthtownStar - 1 hour 55 minutes ago
Municipalities and veterans organizations throughout the Southland have planned ceremonies in observance of Veterans Day. Veterans Day is Wednesday, but some events are on other days. Alsip: The sixth annual Veterans Day Benefit will begin at 6 p.m. today at Doubletree Hotel and Conference Center, 5000 W. 127th St. The event will raise money to build an American Legion post on Chicago's South ...
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The Bradford Era - Tue Nov 10, 4:34 am ET
SMETHPORT — Jamie Mangan, a U.S. Air Force veteran and Purple Heart recipient, was the guest speaker Saturday at the Veterans Day Dinner at the John Berg American Legion Post #976 in Crosby.
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Naples Daily News - Mon Nov 9, 9:01 pm ET
NAPLES — Naples attorney Tom Grogan was 19 when he joined the U.S. Air Force in the summer of 1966. Sixteen months later, the Kansas high school graduate volunteered to serve in Vietnam. It was December 1967, Lyndon B. “LBJ” Johnson was president, Lulu’s “To Sir with Love” was the year’s top song and the war in Vietnam was raging. For 10 months during the Vietnam Conflict, Grogan was a heavy ...
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NPR - 2 hours 14 minutes ago
Hung Ba Le left Vietnam as a boat person when he was a boy. He returned on Saturday as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer. Le is visiting some long-lost relatives while his ship is in Danang, where the first U.S. combat troops came ashore more than 40 years ago.
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The Fresno Bee - Tue Nov 10, 2:57 am ET
For the second consecutive year, the Air Force ROTC at California State University, Fresno, has been named the best unit of its size in the country with the prestigious Right of Line Award -- a rare back-to-back accomplishment.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 12:19 pm ET
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will travel to Texas on Monday to meet with families of those killed in a shooting rampage at the Fort Hood military base, his press secretary said.
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The Capital Times - 9 minutes ago
The new website TodaysGIBill.org was unveiled Monday in an effort to help military service members and veterans pick a college and receive their benefits under the new Post-9/11 GI Bill.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 5:07 pm ET
The suspected shooter accused of killing 13 people at a US military base has regained consciousness and can talk, fueling hopes Monday he may soon reveal the motive behind the attack.
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Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - 10 minutes ago
SAN DIEGO----CliniComp Intl., a global provider of clinical documentation systems, announced today that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs chose CliniComp’s Essentris® Critical Care™ solution for VA Heart of Texas Health Care Network.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 2:16 am ET
US Army investigators looked for help Monday as they tried to find an explanation why a US Army major opened fire at a military base in Fort Hood, Texas, killing 13 people and wounding 30.
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Las Cruces Sun-News - Tue Nov 10, 2:06 am ET
LAS CRUCES - New Mexico State University Air Force ROTC will put on a fundraiser dinner Wednesday at the Hotel Encanto for the local chapter of Disabled American Veterans in honor of Veterans Day.
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Journal Gazette & Times-Courier - Tue Nov 10, 1:37 am ET
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois veterans of the National Guard and U.S. Military Reserve can now get $10,000 low-interest loans when their duties end because of changes in a state program.
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Pipestone County Star - 1 hour 44 minutes ago
The dinner: Pipestone American Legion Post 6 will serve a free dinner to all veterans, their spouses and Auxiliary members on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11 from 5 - 7 p.m. The dinner is also open to all who would like to show their support for the veterans at a cost of $12. The meal, which will be catered by the Glass House in Ihlen, will consist of roast beef or ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, green ...
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The St. Augustine Record - Mon Nov 9, 11:46 pm ET
The Florida National Guard on Monday began storm duty preparations as Tropical Storm Ida approached the Gulf Coast.
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Old Gold & Black - 2 hours 50 minutes ago
The university’s ROTC will honor all U.S. veterans who have fought for freedom during a short ceremony at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Join the officer, non-commissioned officers, cadets and staff to honor America’s Veterans in Perritt Plaza (between Reynolda and Benson). The ceremony will include the history and playing of Tatoo and Taps, a laying [...]
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Gretna Breeze - Tue Nov 10, 4:29 am ET
The Gretna American Legion invites the community and all veterans to a dinner on Veterans Day this year. A roast beef dinner will be served on Wednesday, Nov. 11 at the Legion Hall. Social hour is from 5 to 6 p.m. and the dinner will be served at 6 p.m.
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Slashdot - Mon Nov 9, 11:00 pm ET
MarkWhittington writes "It seems that a SETI (Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence) experiment happened decades before the Project Ozma occurred in 1960. The historians at the blog Letters of Note have uncovered a telegram sent in 1924 by then Chief of Naval Operations Edward W. Eberle instructing the United States Navy to listen for radio transmissions from the planet Mars." Read more of ...
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Knoxville News Sentinel - Mon Nov 9, 10:36 pm ET
A partial list of Veterans Day events planned in East Tennessee: n Today in Blount County: William Blount High School will have a Veterans Day program at 10:45 a.m. and Carpenter Middle School will have a program at 9:45 a.m. On Wednesday, a reception at the courthouse begins at 9:45 a.m., with a program following at 10:45 a.m. n East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association: 9 a.m. Wednesday ...
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Champlin - Dayton Press - Tue Nov 10, 2:52 am ET
For now the days are mostly the same for Eric Lemke, 23, of Champlin. Get up early, run about five miles every morning, maintain and work on U.S. Army strikers and clean and maintain weapons to be full functional.
