Fritz Swyers Location: Okinawa, Japan; Branch: Navy There are a few things Fritz Swyers remembers about being deployed during the…
Christmas, a holy time, a family time, a special time. Yet, it can be so painful to soldiers and veterans….
By Jessica Ginet What happens when you’re 19 years old and receive what appears to be a draft notice from…
“Thanks for your service.” That’s a phrase that gets used a lot, especially around Veterans Day. Don’t get me wrong,…
American Legion Post 245 Service Office Assisting Veterans Open every Thursday 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 19068 Jensen Way, Suite…
David Morgan is just a regular kind of guy. He’s a U.S. Army veteran from the 1980s. He left the…
Some long for the simplicity of relaxed summer days. Olalla Elementary School volunteer Art Baker prefers crunching through the brownish…
Tour glass On Nov. 9, the Tacoma Museum of Glass joins the national celebration of Veterans Glassblowing Day with free…
PORT ANGELES — Hundreds of North Olympic Peninsula veterans gathered Oct. 3 at the Clallam County Fairgrounds to get information…
Robert Gossett holds the bronze medal in the palm of his aging hand. A smile crosses his face. “I never…
The year was 1967 and Jenny Thomas was on a plane, heading to Vietnam to work for the American Red…
Local Kitsap County organizations work together every year to host what they describe as the largest Veterans Day program in…
Veterans Day as we know it today has roots that go back to Nov. 11, 1919, which was declared Armistice…
Texan Randy Hardin spent 15 years aboard ships in the Navy before he was assigned to his first shore duty….
Have a photo from your time in the service you want to share? We’d love to publish it for our…
My brother Mike, a Navy veteran, and myself, an Army veteran, were thinking the other day about souvenirs we saved…
A longtime Veteran of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary member and volunteer found out this summer she is suffering with cancer….
After enlisting fresh out of high school, a bad bout of blood poisoning nearly killed Wallace Nelson at Marine Corps…
LAKEWOOD — Many golf courses throughout the country struggled to maintain participation levels through the Great Recession. But perhaps because…
Compatriot John Druse (Bud) Hawk was recently added to the John Paul Jones Chapter of the Washington State Society of…
