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KSDK -- The remains of a Korean War veteran with local ties, who had been missing for decades, were buried Friday at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery with full military honors. Private First Class Green Finley Jr. was born...
SIERRA VISTA — On May 30 next year, the sound of patriotic music will be the norm on grounds of the Southern Arizona Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery. It will be on Memorial Day 2010 when a 40-foot-tall carillon — a bell tower —...
Teocca Thompson-Thomas of Orlando views photos of her father recently. But when she tried to arrange his burial at Florida National Cemetery, she was told he had been buried at Arlington National Cemetery. (JASON GREENE,...
Celebrated Ideals of Equality and Democracy President Lincoln's most famous speech of 10 poetic sentences was at first received along partisan lines, but it is now regarded as one of the best in American history. On this day in...
By Ian Graham Special to American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 18, 2009 – The leaves are changing color at Arlington National Cemetery – a bright backdrop for something as sobering as a funeral. An Army chaplain in his...
After more than six decades, the military laid to rest members of a World War ll B-25 Army aircrew during an interment ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Nov. 17, 2009. The crew was lost on Dec. 5, 1942,...
Virginia, Arlington County, Arlington National Cemetery In memory of the gallant combat aircrewmen of the USAAF 8th, 9th, 12th, and 15th Air Forces who were left in Switzerland, 1943-1945 during WWII with "everlasting friends."...
The Arras Memorial in France where Lincoln soldiers are remembered Students at Bishop Grosseteste University College in Lincoln are looking for biographical information about a number of Lincoln soldiers who were killed during...
The fight over Robert E. Lee's beloved home—seized by the U.S. government during the Civil War—went on for decades One afternoon in May 1861, a young Union Army officer went rushing into the mansion that commanded the hills...
Times Online Veterans Groups Speak Out On Afghanistan Voice of America As President Barack Obama considers sending more US troops to Afghanistan, veterans' groups are speaking out, though not always with one voice. At Arlington...
