Woolson would turn 108 on Feb. 11, 1955, and Frances Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kobus, Woolson's son-in-law and daughter, would turn 5 the following week.

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 ...

Retired 1st Sgt. Mark Matthews was a soldier who saw the U.S. Army evolve from horse-mounted cavalry to diesel-driven, ...

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 ...

As I got closer and closer to it, it became more important than I make it," the 100-year-old said. Kinder, a World War II veteran ... his mother, she died of cancer. I wish she were still here.

Patrick Palmersheim, credited as the founder of the Iowa Veteran's Cemetery ... who enlisted together in the U.S. Navy in World War II and died when their ship was torpedoed and sunk.

Alice Miller, 104, was presented with the Northcoast Veteran’s Museum display of her World War II U.S. Navy nurse ... believes that she is now the oldest veteran in Sandusky County.

He said the VA can't rely on old practices for the modern military ... Stewart Jr., one of last 2 remaining Tuskegee World War II veterans, dies at 100 Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Retired Lt.

Maudie Hopkins married a Civil War veteran of the Confederate States Army named William M. Cantrell in 1934, when she was just 19 years old. Her husband was 86 at ... Princess Diana and Mother Teresa ...

After fighting against the Russians in at the time of the Second World War, Finland’s oldest war veteran had a good life and died aged 108 Arvi Hämäläinen survived the various hostilities, married and ...

THE Walt Peffer, the Douglas County assessor and a Vietnam War veteran, has died, officials said. Peffer passed after a short bout with cancer, Douglas County officials said. The 78-year-old was a ...

TRIBUTES are being paid to war veteran Joseph Thomas who has died aged 99 and will have a memorial funeral service at York Minster tomorrow (Wednesday, January 22). Joseph – known as Joe to ...