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 | Jan 16, 2023
California veterans news for the third week of January, 2023. Readers can submit veterans news stories to southards.calegion@gmail.com. Happy Martin Luther King Day...
by Military Times | Jan 5, 2023
Visitors gather at the World War II Memorial in Washington. (Edwin L. Wriston/Army National Guard) This article was written by Leo Shane III and was originally published by the NavyTimes. All living World War II veterans would be eligible for Veterans Affairs medical...
by Christian Southards | Dec 19, 2022
California veterans news for the fourth week of December 2022. Happy holidays from the California American Legion news team! All California Veterans News According to multiple sources, including the Better Business Bureau and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,...
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...
