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8th Upstate South Carolina Honor Flight |
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Written by Henry Pickard
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Wednesday, 25 April 2012 00:00 |
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[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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Written by Mike Scruggs
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Wednesday, 04 April 2012 00:00 |
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.
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A Homecoming Celebration for Vietnam Veterans |
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Written by Gilbert Scales
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Wednesday, 04 April 2012 00:00 |
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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.
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Family and Friends Remember Hero |
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Written by Henry Pickard
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Wednesday, 15 February 2012 00:00 |
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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.
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Thousands Line Streets to Pay Tribute to Fallen Soldier |
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Written by Bob Dill, Publisher
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Wednesday, 11 January 2012 00:00 |
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.
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MOAA Decorates Tree for St. Francis Festival of Trees |
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Written by MaryAnn Steinmetz
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Wednesday, 30 November 2011 00:00 |
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 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.
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Sevier Middle School Hosts Veterans Day Memorial Service |
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Written by Gilbert Scales
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Wednesday, 30 November 2011 00:00 |
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Sevier Middle School conducted the 15th Annual Veterans Day Memorial Service on Friday, November 11th, 2011.
Sevier is built on part of the Camp Sevier property.
Camp Sevier was an Army training camp built in 1916, because the U.S. Government needed more training facilities. Camp Sevier covered approximately 2,000 acres in size and covered land from present day Wade Hampton Blvd. to State Park Road, and from Mountain Creek Church Road to Reid School Road.
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