William “Bill” Lapschies has a lot to celebrate lately. Not only has he recovered from the coronavirus, but he recently turned 104 years old! And on April 1, staff from the Edward C. Allworth Veterans’ ...
The coronavirus pandemic has made an impact on everyone, forcing all of us to take precautions and make changes to our daily lives. But no one is affected more than the elderly. Not only are ...
World War II changed the course of history, and to this day we owe our gratitude to the people who fought for freedom all those decades ago. We’re lucky to still have veterans of the ...
On June 6, 1944, Waverly B. Woodson Jr.’s landing craft was fired upon while landing on Omaha Beach. The man next to Woodson died, and Woodson, a medic, believed he was going to die as ...
It’s fair to say Kirk Douglas has seen a lot of birthdays come and go. At the age of 103 – it’s actually his birthday today, December 9 – he’s been celebrated more than most ...
Weston Newswanger, a 5-year-old from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, has been through a lot in his young life. He was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of cancer, in November 2016. According to WHP, the boy has a ...
Laquna said when she visited her father, who had cancer, at Eagle’s Nest Community Living Center, a nursing home at the Atlanta VA Medical Center, before his death she was “worried and confused” because he looked ...
Santa was about his duties at a Christmas workshop in the mall when he spotted 93-year-old Bob Smiley alone by himself. He stopped what he was doing and immediately went over to pay homage to ...
United States Air Force sergeant Kyle Smith met German Shepherd Bodza back in 2012. Bodza was an explosive detection dog and the two of them were both assigned to a 189-day mission to Kyrgyzstan. Kyle ...
CBS Peggy and Billie were married in 1944. They were still teenagers and looked forward to starting a life together. They made plans and shared their dreams, but they had no idea how drastically their ...