Monday, July 15, 2019

Senior Veterans Care Network June Blog Posts

NC World War II veteran celebrates 108th birthday

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) – Family and friends all gathered at Pruitt Health in New Bern to celebrate James Henry Brown’s 108th birthday.The room was packed full of smiling...

South Jersey Veteran Receives High School Diploma 50 Years After Enlisting To Fight In Vietnam During Senior Year

">PINE HILL, N.J. (CBS) – Students in Overbrook High School’s graduating class of 2019 received their diplomas on Monday night. Among them was one student who would...

'Luckiest Man Alive': Donations Help World War II Veteran Attend D-Day Commemoration

Jake Larson considers himself to be the luckiest man alive.Not only did the 96-year-old World War II veteran survive the perilous D-Day invasion in 1944, he managed to return to France...
Posted 06/18/2019
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World War II veteran receives 5,000 birthday cards

OREM, Utah (AP)- When John Frey's family requested 101 birthday cards to celebrate the World War II veteran's 101st birthday in Utah, they were expecting to get 500 at most.At...
Posted 06/17/2019
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Korean War vet receives high school diploma

">A 91-year-old from Clinton County finally received his high school diploma Thursday.A ceremony was held at Central Mountain High School in Mill Hall to award Korean War veteran...
Posted 06/14/2019
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‘Greatest day of my life’: WWII veteran reunites with lover after 75 years

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — They say true love stands the test of time, but there are few examples that test time as much as World War II veteran K.T. Robbins' love story.Robbins still...
Posted 06/13/2019
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Son of Korean War Veteran reads 800+ birthday cards sent to his dad

VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. — 88-year-old Joseph Moseley has devoted his entire life to service to country, family and community.The Korean War Veteran and former firefighter is...
Posted 06/12/2019
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SC funeral home asks community to serve as family after Vietnam veteran dies alone

CHAPIN, S.C. — A Vietnam veteran died with no family to take care of his final salute, so a funeral home will take up the duty.“It is my honor to use the Dignity Memorial...

Veterans star in WWII Weekend show

BERN TOWNSHIP, PA — From his warplane, he watched the mushroom cloud rise from Nagasaki, Japan, the target of an American atom bomb that brought an end to World War II,...
Posted 06/10/2019
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104-year-old World War II veteran teaches 94-year-old girlfriend how to fish

DENVER, C.O. (KUSA/WRIC-TV) - Ninety-six years after casting his first line, a 104-year-old World War II veteran is now fishing at the water's edge in Colorado with his 94-year-old...
Posted 06/07/2019
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90-year-old veteran soars into the ‘wild blue yonder’ one more time

Boyd Hagaman loves airplanes.“Ever since I was a little boy, growing up in Michigan,” recalled the Korean War veteran, who celebrated his 90th birthday Friday in the co-pilot...
Posted 06/19/2019
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