This past week marked the 75th anniversary of the forced removal of Salem’s Japanese American Community to a concentration camp in Tule Lake, California. On
CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. – The elite paratrooper unit deployed on a secret mission in 1945. Dubbed Operation Firefly, the 555th “Triple Nickles” Parachute Infantry Battalion
Since he was 17 years old, this Army Veteran and Prescott, Arizona, resident has lived the Hopi proverb that “time isn’t used; it’s experienced.” In
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
SALEM — When Bob Maxwell saved several men in his Army unit by jumping on a German grenade in 1944, absorbing the full blast and
Earlier this week the United States and Europe marked the 72nd anniversary of V-E Day, Victory in Europe, with mostly low-keyed ceremonies and announcements. Today,
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
Each veteran and military personnel had their reasons for being at the Oregon National Guard Armory in Pendleton Saturday. The National Guard partnered with the
You may have noticed in the past year an increase in the number of Chronicle stories about World War II veterans, the most recent on
Nervous, jittery laughter filled the aluminum overcast plane as a slew of lucky passengers — including three veterans — geared up for a 30 minute
The flag-draped casket of Navy Ensign Verdi D. Sederstrom arrived on a Delta Airlines flight Tuesday at Baltimore/Washington International Airport. Sederstrom, who graduated from Salem
MCMINNVILLE, Ore. — One local man is using his skills as a model maker to remember those who served in World War II. When an
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