A soldier’s 1950s love story brings comfort, answers
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — In the summers of 1958 and 1959, U.S. Army private Albert A. “Bob” Robertson, 19, sent Lynne Marie Culver almost 50
December 8, 2017
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veteran IDs
VA Suspends Applications For New Vet ID Cards
The Department of Veterans Affairs has suspended applications for its new veteran identification card program due to a large number of applicants, according to a
December 8, 2017
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WWII veterans
Pendleton Air Museum, veterans recall Pearl Harbor
Veterans Mark Jaeger, left, and Sean Degan look at a World War II-era copy of the Oregon Journal at the Pendleton Air Museum on Thursday.
December 7, 2017
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Helping homeless veterans in Central Oregon
BEND, Ore – Thursday is the anniversary of the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, and veterans around the country are being honored for their service.
December 7, 2017
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WWII veterans
Pearl Harbor Veterans Return to Pay Homage to Their Fallen Shipmates 76 Years Later
(HONOLULU) — Survivors gathered Thursday at the site of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor to remember fellow servicemen killed in the early morning raid
December 7, 2017
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WWII veterans
Veterans, families honor pledge to never forget Pearl Harbor
Ailene Cannell Eby of Lebanon was only 2 years old, but she has vivid memories of Japanese warplanes attacking the naval military base at Pearl
December 7, 2017
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WWII veterans
Veterans’ Legacies brings WWII stories to HS students
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — History is a memory for Ben Asquith, and decades after he stormed Omaha beach — blowing up German fortifications and sidestepping
December 7, 2017
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WWII veterans
Trump Signs Proclamation Marking Pearl Harbor Day
President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation declaring Thursday to be National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Trump signed the proclamation at a White House ceremony
December 7, 2017
12:05 pm
healthcare
VA exploring alternative treatments for TBI and PTSD
Today VA announced that it will use two innovative treatments to ease the everyday challenges associated with living with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress
December 7, 2017
9:27 am
WWII veterans
The Littoral Life: Once a Soldier
By Dan Haag December 7th was the day that changed my grandfather’s life forever. Life was put on hold and in the blink of an
December 7, 2017
7:50 am
WWII veterans
Seaside remembers Pearl Harbor with memorial and wreath-laying ceremony
SEASIDE — Before the Pearl Harbor Day of Remembrance began this morning, Maurie Hendrickson of Clatsop Post 12 American Legion sat waiting with a box
December 7, 2017
7:39 am
WWII veterans
Pearl Harbor attack changed life of Navy WAVES seaman
More than 2,400 soldiers, sailors, Marines and civilians died in the early morning hours of Dec. 7, 1941, when 361 warplanes from the Imperial Japanese
December 7, 2017
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