8th December- Walking Home For Christmas. War veterans are clocking up hundreds of miles as they raise cash for wounded soldiers by “walking home for Christmas”. David Fox, began his monster journey – in which he will walk for 24 hours straight – on Monday, December 7, in Misson, north Nottinghamshire. In a gruelling first…
7th December- Old Comrades Reunite. 489th Bomb Group reactivates The Air Force Reserve plans to reactivate the 489th Bomb Group and associated elements during a ceremony Saturday at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. The bomb group reactivation includes the 345th Bomb Squadron, the 489th Maintenance Squadron and the 489th Aerospace Medical Flight. The 489th is…
6th December- Veteran Baker. WARSAW — U.S. Navy veteran James Bottoms, 85, loves nothing better than baking; he’s been doing it all his life, but what he really enjoys is giving those baked goods to others. The award-winning baker and his wife Mary have a small bakery in their rural Warsaw home, J&M Goodies. They…
5th December- Tea and Total Reconciliation in Tokyo. British ex-PoW meets Japanese veterans in Tokyo Two veterans from opposing sides in one of harshest battles of the Second World War have shaken hands and sipped tea in Tokyo as part of a reconciliation programme between the UK and Japan. Roy Welland, 94, a former British…
4th December- Sending joy to veterans at Christmas Operation Christmas Cards takes off in Chester Lee Worthing, 41, came up with the idea to bring a smile to the face of a veteran A simple idea to put a smile on the faces of forces veterans at Christmas has taken off in Chester. Operation Christmas…
3rd December- A veteran gone, but not forgotten. Darlington D-Day veteran honoured with a French medal after his death. A D-DAY veteran who died last year is finally being honoured for his efforts after his family received France’s highest military honour. Darlington resident Ralph Johnson will be commended for his bravery at the Normandy D-Day…
2015 Advent Calendar 2nd December ‘Blind veteran turns Santa’s little helper’ A BLIND veteran from Shoreham has become Santa’s elf and hand crafted wooden gifts for this festive season. Ted Heasman, 90, has made 49 wooden racing cars since he joined Blind Veterans UK. The fiftieth he plans to paint green. He said: “My sister…
Morton Morin Morton Morin said the fact that the number of World War II military veterans like himself are steadily dwindling is all the more reason to try to retain a sense of historical memory by stressing American military history in schools. TAUNTON — Morton Morin said the fact that the number of World War…