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...
by Christian Southards | Sep 18, 2022
The U.S. Air Force was established by the National Security Act of 1947 and celebrates its birthday every Sept. 18. THE FOUNDING OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE Until the recent establishment of the U.S. Space Force in 2019, the Air Force was the U.S. Military’s youngest...
by Kevin Stonestreet | Aug 15, 2022
Today we celebrate VJ Day, also known as Victory over Japan Day. This is the day in 1945 on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. The term has been applied to both of the days on which the initial announcement of...
by Brian Heyman | Aug 12, 2022
My father, Arthur A. Heyman, a WWII Veteran who served in the U.S. Navy as a Bosun’s Mate on the USS Bairoko (CVE 115) an escort carrier, died on Jan. 10 at almost 94 years of age. He was a member of that greatest generation who went off to war, and if they were lucky...
by Christian Southards | Aug 11, 2022
The Bakersfield East Rotary has donated an unspecified amount to the Kern County World War II Veterans Memorial, which is being constructed in Jastro Park, Bakersfield. The donation keeps the memorial on track for completion this Veterans Day, as first reported by...
