Military/Veterans

: By Tony Perkins - Family Research Council; Published: 15 November 2021

To everyone else, it was the Forgotten War -- defined by the reruns of M*A*S*H or the 19 figures on the National Mall, suspended in time on their long, cold walk through Korea. For the men who were there, fighting and dying in freezing reservoirs or snow-capped mountaintops, it was much more. It was a three-year battle -- a half a world away -- for freedom. And the echoes in our American story still linger.

Like most pilots, Tom Hudner and Jesse Brown were thrown together as wingmen -- both graduates of the United States Naval Academy, both on a ship destined for Korea. But that's where the similarities ended. Tom was the New England prep-school son of an entrepreneur; Jesse was the oldest in a dirt-poor family of sharecroppers. Working his way through school turned out to be the easy part for Jesse -- surviving life at an academy with virtually no African-American peers was another. But he stuck it out, surviving flight training and eventually ending up on a carrier destined for one of the bloodiest battles in 1951.

: By Tony A. Dunn & Stuart McClure; Published: 15 November 2021

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Guest and members of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 523 gather at Greenville County Vietnam Veterans Memorial to properly fetire the U.S. Flag. Photo by Tony A. Dunn

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Bang Hall and Hope Summers lay a wreath at Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Photo by Tony A. Dunn

: By Tony A. Dunn; Published: 03 November 2021

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Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 523 held a very successful Golf Tournament at Paris Mountain Country Club. Pictured are players signing in.

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Golfers getting ready to start Tournament.

: By Our Faith Under Fire; Published: 01 November 2021

RICHMOND, Va. -- In response to the increasing attacks on the religious freedom of members of the U.S. Armed Forces, Our Faith Under Fire launched today as a defender of that freedom.

"Our Faith Under Fire is the only community benefit organization committed to not only defending the religious freedom of our military service members and their families but also to addressing the issue at its source by supporting members of Congress who defend that freedom and opposing those who would deny our military this constitutionally protected fundamental right," said the Rt. Rev. Col. Derek Jones (USAF- Ret.), chairman of Our Faith Under Fire.

: By Tony A. Dunn; Published: 01 November 2021

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Sgt. Bradford McKay was the guest speaker at The American Legion Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr. Post 214. 3110 Wade Hampton Blvd. Taylors, S.C.

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Sgt. Bradford McKay gave a very entertaining, personal history, sometimes funny, sometimes serious, sometimes tear-jerking.

: By Stuart McClure; Published: 25 October 2021

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Commander Bobby Davis congratulates Ed Collins as American Legion Major Rudolf Anderson, Jr.Post 214 as Legionnaire of the year.

: By Tony A. Dunn; Published: 22 October 2021

Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 523 lost a Friend and Member 4 September 2021. Walter Jerome {Jerry} Brock a Vietnam Veteran was born in Columbia, S.C. 29 July 1946. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1966. He was married to his wife Doris for 51 years. He enjoyed getting out and sharing with other Veterans {especilly other Vietnam Vets} about the results ofAgent Orange exposure. He will be missed by Members of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 523