JAY — Members of the VFW Post 3335 are offering a free dinner on Friday, June 6, to World War II veterans in recognition of the 70th anniversary of D-Day. Dinners for veterans’ spouses are $5 per person. The beef tips dinner begins at 5 p.m. at the post hall at the intersection of Jewell […]
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Honor Flight brings veterans to see their national memorials
Earl Morse wants every able World War II veteran in Maine to be able to see their Washington memorial, to touch its stone pillars and arches and feel the gratitude of the country. “That is priceless,” Morse, a retired Air Force captain, said. “That is irreplaceable.” He knows. For about nine years, the physician assistant […]
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World War II veteran donates uniform, medals to Jay society
JAY — World War II veteran Elvin “Al” Winter donated his medals, including his Purple Heart, Bronze Star, his uniform and his dog tags Thursday to the Jay Historical Society. Winter, 93, formerly of Jay, said he operated a new and used car dealership in Jay for 42 years before retiring in the late 1990s. […]
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Paris veterans reflect on service, comrades, family
PARIS — It’s impossible to miss Gil Turner’s house. That’s not because of its unusual light-green color or because it has a pool in its fenced-in backyard. Rather, it’s distinguished by a tall pole on which an American flag snaps in the wind. It’s fitting that Turner should have that flag flying high. The Buckfield […]
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Legendary Hollywood star Mickey Rooney dies at 93
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mickey Rooney’s approach to life was simple: “Let’s put on a show!” He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant personal life. A superstar in his youth, Rooney was Hollywood’s top box-office draw in the late 1930s to early 1940s. He […]
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J. Derboghosian: Let us not forget
The Battle of Iwo Jima (Feb. 19-March 26, 1945) was a major battle in which the U.S. Armed Forces fought for and captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese empire. The American invasion had the goal of capturing the entire island, which is about 5 miles long and 2 1/2 miles wide at […]
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Austin Bay: 1944: The Anzio idea, the Rapido reality
The high-risk, high-payoff battle plan of “the Anzio idea” tantalized U.S. and British commanders seeking to end the bloody January 1944 stalemate in Italy. The complex operation could be summarized with deceptive simplicity. First, punch Monte Cassino, the fortified gut of the Nazi’s western Gustav Line. Hit the sector hard, with aerial bombardment and artillery […]
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WILTON — A story published Tuesday on Page B1 of the Franklin edition and Page B2 of the Oxford Hills and City editions about Henry Palmer Brimigion receiving his World War II medals was written by Eileen M. Adams. It was an editing error.
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WWII veteran receives medals 71 years late
WILTON — Henry Palmer Brimigion, 87, wondered why so many family members were attending services at the Wilton United Methodist Church on Sunday morning. Immediately after the last hymn was sung, the Rev. Laura Church called him up to the front, offered him a seat and had his long overdue World War II medals pinned […]
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How a WWII pilot proposed
GREENE — When World War II pilot Jim Paradis, 94, spoke to Greene Central School students Tuesday about Pearl Harbor and his life, his friend and school education technician Maureen Calcagni coaxed Paradis to share a bit about his late wife. Or rather, his unusual marriage proposal. “He met his future wife in the sixth […]