by Christian Southards | Jan 25, 2023
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was Nazi Germany’s last, desperate attempt to avoid destruction in the face of advancing Allied armies. While the battle only lasted six weeks, comparatively short next to other major events of the war,...
by Kevin Burns | Jan 23, 2023
Joshua Lang, a member of the Ronald Reagan Pacific Palisades Post 283, was influenced by stories of his grandfather Oscar, who used to work at Travis Air Force Base as a flying mechanic; a crew chief who would do all the maintenance test flights. Unfortunately,...
by Christian Southards | Dec 7, 2022
December 7 marks Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, commemorating the events that forced the United States into World War II. Dec. 7, 1941: The Attack on Pearl Harbor In the early morning hours of Dec. 7, 1941, Imperial Japan launched a surprise attack on the U.S. Navy...
by Christian Southards | Dec 6, 2022
California veterans news for the first full week of December 2022. Happy holidays from the California American Legion news team! All California Veterans News As reported by PBS NewsHour, Yale Law School’s Veterans Legal Services Clinic has filed a lawsuit against the...
by Christian Southards | Nov 21, 2022
California veterans news for the fourth week of November 2022. Happy Thanksgiving! All California Veterans News As first reported by KCRA Sacramento and according to an Aura survey, veterans are 11 percent more likely to fall victim to cyber crimes than the general...
by Makenna Uriarte | Nov 10, 2022
Joe Sciarra is a 97 year old World War II Army Veteran who was born in Los Angeles, CA. After being drafted at age 18, he saw combat in New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, and the Philippines, and was part of the occupation of Japan for 5 1/2 months. He recently did a...