Berkshire Eagle6d
Buried in Pittsfield Cemetery, Bushrod Birch was a Civil War veteran who was hailed as 'a true man in all the relations of his life'
In the dwindling days of 2024, I checked on the date of winter solstice in my copy of “The Old Farmer’s 2024 Almanac” then ... Buford, established a banking house that closed with the onset of the ...
Military.com6d
The Oldest-Ever Buffalo Soldier Enlisted in 1910 and Lived to Fight in 2 World Wars
Retired 1st Sgt. Mark Matthews was a soldier who saw the U.S. Army evolve from horse-mounted cavalry to diesel-driven, ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram5d
This Fort Worth native joined about 90 African Americans who fought in Spain’s civil war
It is estimated that 681 Americans died in Spain. The war ended in 1939 ... run by another Spanish Civil War veteran, Herman Pico. In 1941, he and Paula were married, remaining active in the ...
This Fort Worth native joined about 90 African Americans who fought in Spain’s civil war
In 1936, civil war erupted in Spain between the elected Republican government and an insurrection calling themselves “Nationalists.” The Republicans were supported by the Soviet Union and Mexico while ...
MarketWatch5d
‘I’ve been named sole heir’: My father, 92, is a Korean War veteran and stays out until dawn playing poker. What can I do?
I am 70 years old, married, with one child who is also married ... deceased and who had undiagnosed mental-health disorders. He died of organ failure brought on by cancer, which he had refused ...
Yahoo5d
50 Extremely Rare And Fascinating Pictures Of People Throughout History I Can Pretty Much Guarantee You've Never Heard Of
RIP, Jack. Getty 43.This is a picture of 107-year-old Civil War veteran Bill Lundy posing with a fighter jet in 1955: To be fair, there's some debate over Lundy's service in the Army, but ...
Award-winning combat pilot, one of last living Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 100
Harry Stewart Jr., a 100-year-old Tuskegee Airman and decorated World War II veteran who broke barriers in the military, has died. The Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum said Feb. 2 that ...
The last Pearl Harbor survivor from Fresno has died. ‘He exemplified that generation’
William Henry Pratt was 19 and served on the USS Nevada during the 1941 attack. His brother Basil Pratt was also on the ship and survived.
The surprising story of Albert Van Spence, an early G.A.R. member
Litchfield’s G.A.R. Hall holds a special place in my heart. For about three years, while I was writing my two Terry Tales books, it was my second home. It was in the G.A.R. that I ...
Military.com6d
40 Years Later, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Stands as Lasting Statement on War and Remembrance
President Ronald Reagan wasn't coming because of what the White House called "security concerns" and so it fell to a veteran who had been a prisoner of war for ... the 84-year-old Alvarez recalled ...
Task & Purpose6d
Hundreds of strangers turned up to honor a WWII Marine Raider’s funeral
Last week, hundreds of people traveled to Shrub Oak, New York to attend the funeral of Robert Graham, a 97-year-old veteran who served in the Pacific as a Marine Raider during World War II.
The Columbian5d
Southwest Washington’s Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War commemorate new officers
ARNADA — Members of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War gathered at the Clark County Historical Museum recently to commemorate the installment of new officers for the General John W.