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Military/Veterans
Delegation Hears Reason for Vietnamese-American Memorial Monument
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
The Upstate Vietnamese-American community and United States veterans of the Vietnam War have worked together for months to develop a concept and a scale model of an appropriate memorial to honor the American and Vietnamese military personnel who fought side-by-side in an effort to preserve the freedom of the Vietnamese people.
Factual history shows that although the military won the war, a weary United States Government abandoned the effort and the Vietnamese people to fend for themselves against an oppressive Communist regime.
Members of the Vietnamese military and others who worked with Americans along with family members were imprisoned in “reeducation” work camps until they proved their loyalty to the Communist regime or escaped by boat at sea or to an adjoining country.
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Greenville County Pays Tribute to Veterans
- By Tony A. Dunn
For Veterans, spouses and family members, Veterans Day brings back memories of comrades who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Piedmont, S.C. Native Serves with VAQ-132
- By Navy Office of Community Outreach
OAK HARBOR, Wash. – A 2008 Woodmont High School graduate and Piedmont, S.C., native is serving with the U.S. Navy’s aviation Electronic Attack Squadron 132 (VAQ-132), also known as the “Scorpions.”
Petty Officer 2nd Class Lori Burcham is an aviation maintenance administrationman with VAQ-132, a Whidbey Island-based squadron that operates the Navy’s newest electronic warfare aircraft, the EA-18G Growler.
Burcham contributes to the squadron’s mission by working on the record keeping for the aircraft to ensure the jet is safe to fly.
Built to replace the EA-6B Prowler, the EA-18G Growler is a carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft and the cornerstone of the naval Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) mission. It’s platform is derived from the combat proven F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, and adds a sophisticated electronic warfare suite that enables it to suppress enemy air defenses as well as electronic attack operations.
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Mayor Honors Greenville Veteran
- By Tony A. Dunn
City of Greenville Mayor Knox H. White recently presented a proclamation to Cecil D. Buchanan in honor of his many contributions to the City of Greenville. Buchanan has received the U.S. Congressional “Spirit of Freedom” Award, the Silver Crescent, American Legion Appreciation Medal, Legionnaire of the Year Award and Order of the Palmetto.
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World War II and Korean War Veterans Visit Memorials
- By Gilbert Scales
Tuesday morning, October 28th, the 13th Upstate Honor Flight with 100 World War II and Korean War veterans from North Carolina and South Carolina left Greenville-Spartanburg Airport for Washington, D.C.
Tour buses were waiting outside at Reagan National Airport Terminal to take the veterans and support staff to the different memorials.
The first stop was the World War II Memorial, dedicated in May 2004. After lunch, the veterans visited the Iwo Jima Memorial, which honors all U.S. Marines. The next stop was at the Korean War Memorial and the Vietnam Memorial.
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Wings of Freedom Returns to Greenville
- By Gilbert Scales
Friday afternoon, three famous World War II aircraft flew into Greenville and landed at the Greenville Downtown Airport as part of the “Wings of Freedom” Program.
The first planes to land were the P-51 Mustang and the B-17 “Flying Fortress,” and the B-24 “Liberator” landed shortly afterward.
During WWII, the B-24 carried a ten-man crew consisting of a pilot, co-pilot, navigator, radio operator, nose gunner, engineer/turret gunner, ball turret gunner, the belt-fed .50 cal. waist gunners (Browning Flexible Machine Gun) one on each side of the aircraft, and the tail gunner.
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Wife Discussed Navy Seal's Way of Life
- By Bob Dill, Publisher
School Board Candidate Discussed First Steps
Stacey Shea and Derek Lewis were guest speakers at the August Meeting of the Greenville County Republican Women’s Club at the Poinsett Club.
Mrs. Shea discussed her experiences as the wife of a Navy Seal. Her husband Thom Shea is now retired from the Navy, and they have started a motivational and leadership business in Upstate South Carolina.
Thom Shea’s book is titled, Unbreakable: A Navy SEAL’s Way of Life.
Stacy was the author of Section Four of the book titled, Spartan Wife Connection, in which she described the life of a wife and children of a husband and father in combat.
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- Korean War Veterans Made History With Veterans Corridor of Honor
- The American Legion National Convention
- Wife of Navy Seal to Speak at GCRWC Luncheon
- Korean War Vets Honored at Monthly Luncheon
- Veterans Corridor of Honor Ceremony Set For Sept. 5
- ‘Spirit of ‘45’ Celebration at Reedy River Baptist
- Korean War Veterans Presented Medals
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