Tag: Army

RALEIGH, N.C. — When World War II veteran George Dramis came home, he didn’t talk much about the war. If someone asked what he did there, he’d tell them the ...

The Army really needs more soldiers, but it’s having trouble bringing them in.  The Army expects to be short of its goals by 10,000 recruits this fiscal year. It’s trying ...

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran George B. McMillan, who was a fighter pilot during World War II and served with the 1st American Volunteer Group. George B. McMillan ...

Army Veteran Frederick Weyand is today’s Veteran of the Day. Frederick Weyand was born in September 1916, in Arbuckle, California. While attending college at the University of California, Berkeley, he ...

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Robert “Boots” Chouinard, who served during World War II. Robert “Boots” Chouinard was born in 1923. He enlisted in the Army in 1943, and a ...

A former soldier who defrauded Veterans Affairs out of nearly $1 million by pretending to have a service-connected disability was sentenced in court to less than a year in prison, ...

Army Air Forces Veteran Ralph Parr is today’s Veteran of the Day. Ralph Parr loved to fly. At five years old, his father, a Navy squadron commander, took him flying ...

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Neel E. Kearby, who served as a fighter pilot during World War II. To a generation of young Americans, the flying aces of ...

Army Veteran William E. Vicars is today’s Veteran of the Day. William E. Vicars was born in Paris, Illinois, in May 1940 and, a year later, his family moved to ...

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Luis R. Visot, who served as the chief of staff for the United States Army Reserve. Luis R. Visot grew up in Ponce, Puerto Rico, ...