Bagpiper does it for his comrades
“I needed a way to remember the 10 guys that I served with, that lost their lives serving their country.” John Pierson is a U.S.
May 19, 2017
10:48 am
Category: Willamette Valley
Events in Salem honor, support military veterans
Armed Forces Day is traditionally celebrated the third Saturday of May. It was created in 1949 to thank our military members for their patriotic service
May 18, 2017
7:46 pm
Corvallis High School students plant flowers at veterans memorial
Corvallis High School student Jasmine Henry planted petunias, marigolds and geraniums Wednesday at the Benton County Veterans Memorial, honoring her grandfather, who served in the Vietnam
May 17, 2017
11:05 am
Veterans to be focus of state’s Memorial Day festivities
Tyler Francke with the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs came by to remind Oregonians that the printed version of the Oregon Veterans News Magazine has a
May 16, 2017
11:32 pm
Korean veterans
Emotional moments Honor Flight
EUGENE, Ore. – The veterans on the South Willamette Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., allowed anchor David Walker and photojournalist Loren Ruark to accompany them
May 15, 2017
3:52 pm
healthcare
‘Telehealth’ can save patients from follow-up doctor visits
Telehealth, using technology such as smartphones, tablets and videoconferencing to track medical conditions and talk with health care providers, is touted as the wave of
May 14, 2017
11:22 pm
emergency assistance
Veterans open nonprofit to bring hope to other veterans
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — For Patrick Wright, 38, a Marshfield graduate and former U.S. Marine of 14 years, hope comes in the form of
May 13, 2017
1:05 am
emergency assistance
For the homeless, an ID is often a path to recovery
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — Not long after a previously homeless Warrenton man got his state identification card, he landed a job interview. Another man finally
May 13, 2017
1:05 am
memorials
Oregon veterans on Honor Flight to DC get a hero’s welcome: ‘I never expected that’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oregon veterans on the South Willamette Valley Honor Flight arrived in the nation’s capital to a gauntlet of American flags, handshakes and
May 12, 2017
5:33 pm
WWII veterans
Honor Flight: ‘A big wave came up and flipped me over in shark infested waters’
EUGENE, Ore. – Del Long was 17 years old when he joined the Marines. “After seeing what happened at Pearl Harbor, why I just couldn’t
May 12, 2017
10:28 am
WWI veterans
Heritage: Soldier’s simple WWI letter reminds us to remember Mom
Somewhere in France, May 12, 1918 My dear mother: It is Sunday again and “mothers day” at that so I’ll have to take the Chaplains
May 11, 2017
12:46 pm
memorials
Honoring Veterans at the Library
Join Mike Pungercar, founder and former Director of the South Willamette Valley Honor Flight, for “Lest We Forget: Honoring Veterans.” Pungercar will share the story
May 11, 2017
11:32 am