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Alabama Marine celebrates 100th birthday – please join us in congratulating him

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 ...

Tom Hanks drops down on Oscars red carpet to do push-ups with US Army sergeant

When it comes to celebrities who have stood the test of time and remained at the top of Hollywood without blemish, they rarely come more squeaky-clean than Tom Hanks. The 63-year-old actor has made a ...

High school choir sing as fallen soldier is carried off plane

When Diane Cupp and her husband were traveling home from Frankfurt, Germany, they would have been forgiven for cursing their luck when their flights were changed. No one likes unplanned events getting in the way ...

Lawmakers push to posthumously award Waverly Woodson the Medal of Honor

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 ...

Kirk Douglas turns 103 – begs son Michael not to throw him a big party

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 ...

Veteran turns 102, says the key to long life is drinking beer every day

Everyone wants to live a long and healthy life, but no one wants to hear advice like “exercise every morning” or “cut out unhealthy foods.” Who has time for that? Luckily, one centenarian’s advice for ...

World War II veteran celebrates his 100th birthday — Happy birthday, Clarence!

Veterans Day was last week, and people all over the United States took the opportunity to celebrate and thank veterans for their service. But one community had even more reason to celebrate a local WWII ...

For his birthday wish, 5-year-old cancer survivor donates thousands of toys to the hospital that treated him

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 ...

Veteran dies with no family, so the public is invited to his funeral — let’s give him the sendoff he deserves

Edward K. Pearson, an 80-year-old veteran from Naples, Florida, died on August 31. Sadly, he died with no immediate family. His arrangements were handled by Legacy Options Funeral and Cremations Services, and an interment was ...

Vietnam vet bitten more than 100 times by ants during his final days at VA Medical Center

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 ...