by Christian Southards | Feb 13, 2023
New housing developments for low-income veterans, an update on Veterans Village of San Diego, and a call for Honor Guard volunteers in Kern County make up our third California veterans news roundup for February 2023. Readers can also submit veterans news stories to...
by Christian Southards | Feb 10, 2023
Part of the Solomon Islands Campaign, the Battle of Guadalcanal was a major turning point in the war against Imperial Japan in the Pacific theater of World War II. It ended Japan’s outward expansion and allowed the Allies to gain a foothold in the Pacific, eventually...
by Christian Southards | Feb 6, 2023
Our second California veterans news roundup for February 2023. Readers can submit veterans news stories to southards.calegion@gmail.com. Statewide: California...
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 caLegion Contributor | Jan 24, 2023
What drives people to join the military?Patriotism? Poverty? Fear? Honor? Glory? Citizenship? The draft? Love? The reasons are many and, in many cases, more than one reason applies. This is the true story of Marguerite Martin and Felix Lovera, two young lovers who...
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,...
