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Military/Veterans
American Legion National Convention
- By Gilbert Scales
The 94th Annual National Convention of the American Legion was called to order by National Commander Fang A. Wong on Tuesday, August 28, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Jose Rene “JR” Martinez was Master of Ceremonies for part of the morning session.
“JR” enlisted in the US Army in 2002 because his mother could not afford to send him to college. He was deployed to Iraq in March 2003. On April 5, 2003, he was driving a Humvee back from a completed mission and the left front tire hit a land mine. He was trapped inside the vehicle, and had burns over 34% of his body, but fortunately he was pulled out of the burning Humvee by a fellow soldier. He was taken to a field hospital and eventually flown to a hospital in Landstuhl, Germany, for treatment and later to a hospital in Texas that specializes in burns treatment.
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PFC Adam Corey Ross Buried at Wood Memorial Gardens
- By Gilbert Scales
Thursday afternoon the chartered plane carrying the body of PFC Adam Corey Ross from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, landed at Greenville-Spartanburg Airport and then taxed toward the FedEx Terminal.
PFC Adam Ross, 19, was fatally wounded while on patrol in Wardak, Afghanistan on July 24th.
An Honor Guard of SC National Guard soldiers escorted the flag-draped coffin to the Wood Mortuary hearse. More than 200 members of the Patriot Guard and American Legion Riders on motorcycles with flags escorted the hearse to the Wood Mortuary in Greer.
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Green Beret General Joins Family Research Council to Fight ‘Culture War’ for America’s Grandkids
- By CNSNews.com
(CNSNews.com) - Retired Army Lt. Gen. William G. "Jerry" Boykin--an original member of Delta Force who went on to be the top commander of the Green Berets and then deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence--has joined the Family Research Council, where he says he now hopes to do his part in helping Americans who believe in this nation’s traditional values win an intensifying “culture war” for its future.
“As I have gotten older, I have discovered it is no longer about me, it’s about my grandchildren,” Gen. Boykin said on Thursday, as the FRC announced he was joining the organization as executive vice president.
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Funeral Services Held for Sgt. 1st Class Brad Thomas
- By Gilbert Scales
Funeral services for Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Bradford “Brad” Thomas were held at Rock Springs Baptist Church in Easley, on Sunday afternoon.
Sgt. Thomas was killed along with two of his fellow soldiers by a suicide bomber while on patrol in the city of Khowst, the Capital of Khowst Province, 95 miles southeast of Kabul.
Brad Thomas graduated from Travelers Rest High School in 2000 and went to work with Charter Media.
After Sept. 11, 2001, he enlisted in the S.C. Army National Guard, and was first deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
He was a member of the 133rd Military Police Company, 51st Military Police Battalion in Florence, SC.
The Company was deployed to Afghanistan last November to assist in the training of the Afghan Military and local police officials.
Sgt. Brad Thomas was buried with full military honors, including a Caisson pulled by two mounted horses for the last two miles to Nine Forks Baptist Church in Dacusville.
Patriotic citizens, including small children with American flags, were standing on both sides of the road leading to the church cemetery.
The American Flag was presented to his wife, his father and his mother by a US Army Officer.
The South Carolina State Flag was presented to his wife by Howard Metcalf, Director of Veterans Affairs Office in Columbia.
Sgt. Thomas is survived by his wife Jana, and son Cayden, and his parents, Bud and Marsha Thomas of Easley.
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The Nashville Connection Heroes Salute presents the American Veteran Traveling Tribute
- By Anna Owens
The Nashville Connection Heroes Salute has teamed up with the esteemed sponsors Heritage Funeral Home and Mr. William Stubbs to bring the American Veterans Traveling Tribute, a portable scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to Greenville’s TD Convention Center for public display June 27-July 1st. The four- day tribute provides a moving opportunity to honor, respect and remember the men and women of the US Armed Forces who served in the Vietnam War.
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Colonel Pittman Completes Second Air Force Career
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Colonel Benjamin C. Pittman, Jr. has completed a second career serving his country in the United States Air Force. He retired from active duty on March 31, 1993 having accumulated 2,000 flying hours in the B-52, AC-130, WC-130 and T-43 aircraft. Flying out of Thailand and Guam, he completed two “Arc Light” tours in the B-52D, logging nearly 400 combat hours over North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
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8th Upstate South Carolina Honor Flight
- By Henry Pickard
[Editor’s note: This is a collection of thoughts, impressions and photographs submitted by the writer with additional information provided by Paul Howell, Director Honor Flight Upstate SC.]
There are no words to properly convey the experience of witnessing the launch and return of an “Honor Flight!” There is no easy way to tell the story of those who were here today, many books have already been written about “The Greatest Generation.” Rather than try to write their names or attempt to capture their words, thoughts, stories or feelings; the camera gave them a forum to express themselves. It is in their eyes mostly, but when you get closer, it becomes almost a physically palpable feeling, the unconditional, unquenchable love for their Country and their fellow ‘Brothers-in-Arms.’
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- A Homecoming Celebration for Vietnam Veterans
- Thank You!
- Family and Friends Remember Hero
- Thousands Line Streets to Pay Tribute to Fallen Soldier
- MOAA Decorates Tree for St. Francis Festival of Trees
- Sevier Middle School Hosts Veterans Day Memorial Service
- American, Vietnamese War Veterans Honor Greenville's War Dead
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