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Saving Private Nathan Stoddard
BY BOB SMITH rsmith@soundpublishing.com Mick Hersey is doing all he can to ensure names like Nathan Stoddard, Levi…
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Kitsap County's Medal of Honor Recipients
Eleven Kitsap County residents have received the Medal of Honor, five for heroism during World War II. MACHINIST…
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America's 'Forgotten Fleet'
By SARA N. MILLER smiller@soundpublishing.com “I never drank coffee in the service, I never did until I got…
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A top salute for local ace
By RICHARD WALKER rwalker@soundpublishing.com HANSVILLE — John T. “Mike” Wolf was 20 in 1941, getting close to graduating…
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World War II veteran continues to feel the pain and pride of his military service
By CHRIS CHANCELLOR Facebook. Skype. Twitter. The proliferation of social media provides instant access to those separated by…
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A lifetime of service, a lifetime of love
By Leslie Kelly If you ask Navy veteran Harry Risch what’s the toughest job in the Navy, he’ll…
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Wounded Warrior Project offers unique help to the next generation veteran
The nature of the battlefield has changed and with it the wounds; more and more soldiers are coming…
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Fix turns to failure for some vets
Last spring, Jeff Honeycutt had a problem with his volunteer-based van transportation system taking veterans from the Bremerton…
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A tactical board game | THE BOND
That’s me in the photo above. I’m playing chess with a Beretta M9 strapped to my chest. It’s…
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The aftermath of George Aquiningoc | Veteran profile
You might have seen him on the cover of Newsweek or Soldier of Fortune; a 21-year-old George Aquiningoc…
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My (Desert) Me·mo·ran·da
The idea to write down my thoughts came as I realized, after a month in the desert of…
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Life in the ‘Pucker Factory’ | Veteran profile
“Sometimes I think the motto should be ‘Semper Gumby,’ always flexible.”
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The Bond | Sacrifice
D-Day 68 years later, my buddy Steve and I had only two weeks for mid-tour leave from Iraq,…
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Major Maynard “Rocky” Hoffmann: retired Marine, Pearl Harbor survivor
Hoffmann was a 23-year-old sergeant when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Hoffmann was stationed…
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The Bond | The driv·er (drvr) n. a sleepless SOB that gets you there and back
These days, when I brag on myself as a driver I rarely bring up my best work –…
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VFW Standing together as a memorial
Declines in VFW membership not as severe in Washington state, getting younger veterans involved remains a challenge