- Ten Toes In: Why Trump Accounts Make Sense for North Carolina's Small Businesses
- Remnant Called -
- It’s Getting Late! It’s Now or Never
- Leadership - Desperately Needed!
- Islamic Expansion in Texas
- Former Moms for Liberty Chairs in South Carolina Address Massive Departure from Organization
- Greenville County Holding Public Meetings on 1% Transportation Sales Tax Referendum
- Same Job. Two Résumés. Graham and Norman Make Their Case for the US Senate
- Beyond the Monuments - Finding the Forgotten Grave of Dicey Langston
- The Myth of Voting for the Lesser of Two Evils
- AIPAC Lobbyists Grip on Congress
- Equipping the Persecuted: Weekend Terror Alert Helped Avert Wider Massacre as Slaughter of Christians Continues to Ravage Nigeria Unchecked by Government
- South Carolina Gas Tax Climbs From Near Bottom Nationally to 30th in 2026
- Thurmond and Murkowski Won as Write-Ins. Is This Year’s Senate Race Really the Same?
- Hunting Island's Lighthouse Was Built to Outsmart the Atlantic's Shifting Shoreline
Military/Veterans
Colonel Pittman Completes Second Air Force Career
- Details
- 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.
8th Upstate South Carolina Honor Flight
- Details
- 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.’
A Homecoming Celebration for Vietnam Veterans
- Details
- By Gilbert Scales
Saturday, March 31st, thousands of Vietnam Veterans proudly displayed their former military branch of service ball caps, T-shirts, jackets and vests.
Some of the veterans remembered being told to buy civilian clothes and either throw away their uniforms or possibly burn them before returning to the States.
They didn’t want strangers to know where they had been.
Thank You!
- Details
- By Mike Scruggs
From a Vietnam War Veteran
March 31, 2012, was a day that will live forever large in my memory. It was a day for which I shall be tremendously grateful as long as I live. Yesterday, I was one of more than 170 Vietnam Veterans and family members from Henderson County who were bussed to the Vietnam Veterans Homecoming Celebration at the Charlotte Motor Speedway by HonorAir. There we were joined by 65,000 other Vietnam Veterans and their families for as warm a welcome as any veterans have ever received from their country. It was the start of a welcome home movement for Vietnam Veterans that, while delayed for more than 40 years, was deeply appreciated by the veterans and their families.
Family and Friends Remember Hero
- Details
- By Henry Pickard
There were stars out at Furman University today, so many you could hardly count them all. White ones on a field of blue, blue ones on a field of white, and gold ones. These were not stars of stage or screen, nor were they TV reality show stars, they were just ordinary people wearing badges of honor. Many of those stars hid deep scars of pain, loss and anguish. Many were proudly displayed as a sign of those who are currently serving. And everywhere you looked; there in plain view were the Stars and Stripes, the symbol of our country that proudly waved today.
Thousands Line Streets to Pay Tribute to Fallen Soldier
- Details
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
Army Medic Killed in Afghanistan
Private First Class Justin Whitmire was laid to rest at Cannon Memorial Park on Saturday following a moving memorial service at Simpsonville First Baptist Church and a journey of three miles through streets lined with thousands of mourners bearing American flags. PFC Whitmire, an Army Medic, lost his life while on duty in Afghanistan on Tuesday, December 27, 2011. He was 20 years old.
MOAA Decorates Tree for St. Francis Festival of Trees
- Details
- By MaryAnn Steinmetz
Members of the Military Officers Association of America, Greenville Chapter, decorated a tree for the St. Francis Festival of trees located at the Mariott Greenville on the Parkway. Left to right: Maj. (ret) Raymond Miller, MaryLou Miller, Vallerie Gonzales, 1st Lt. (ret) Brenda Jansons, Col. (ret) Maryann Steinmetz, Col. (ret) William Koehler, and Col. (ret) Stephan Carroll.
- Sevier Middle School Hosts Veterans Day Memorial Service
- American, Vietnamese War Veterans Honor Greenville's War Dead
- Dedication of Union Bleachery World War II Memorial
- Vietnam War Hero Speaks at Woodlawn Veterans Day Program
- Clemson Remembers Military Heritage
- “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Ends September 20
- Greenville's First Responders honored at Barbeque from Woodlawn Funeral Home
Subcategories
Browse by the Top Tags ...
