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World War II
From Frozen Foxholes to Lasting Bonds: Nebraska Guard in Bastogne
February 20, 2025
— BASTOGNE, Belgium – Five Nebraska National Guard members traveled to Europe to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge and honor the legacy of their predecessors who fought there...
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North Carolina Guard Leaders Honor 30th Infantry Division
December 19, 2024
— ARLINGTON, Va. - North Carolina National Guard leaders laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery Dec. 17 to mark the 80th anniversary of the day the 30th Infantry...
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Maryland National Guard Hosts 250th Annual Pass in Review
December 11, 2024
— DUNDALK, Md. – The Maryland Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, commemorated its 250th anniversary with a Pass in Review Dec. 7 at the Dundalk Readiness Center. The historic...
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Remains of World War II Airman Returned Home
December 10, 2024
— WRIGHTSTOWN, N.J. - New Jersey Army National Guard Soldiers carried the flag-draped coffin of a World War II Airman in a ceremony attended by family members, friends and state veteran organization...
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Nebraska Air Guard Honors WWII Pilot with Heritage Jet
October 17, 2024
— SANTA MARIA, Calif. - The Nebraska Air National Guard’s 155th Air Refueling Wing brought history to life last month at the Central Coast AirFest, unveiling a KC-135R Stratotanker in a special heritage...
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World War II POW Guardsman Returned Home for Burial
October 2, 2024
— CHICAGO - Illinois Army National Guard Pfc. Harry Jerele of Berkeley, Illinois, is finally home, nearly 84 years after Company B, 192nd Tank Battalion, based in Maywood, was activated for federal...
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35th Infantry Marks 80th Anniversary of Liberation of Orleans
September 17, 2024
— ORLEANS, France - In the summer of 1944, the 137th Infantry Regiment of the 35th Infantry Division began its journey from the Mortain sector, making its way toward Le Mans and south to Orleans.The...
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NY National Guard Honors World War II Soldier Posthumously
September 17, 2024
— LATHAM, N.Y. - Maj. Gen. Ray Shields, the adjutant general of New York, honored a World War II Soldier 80 years to the day after he was killed in combat.Shields presented the New York State...
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New York Guard Says Farewell to 100-year-old Guard Veteran
May 16, 2024
— WATERFORD, N.Y. - A 100-year-old New York National Guard World War II veteran who survived the bloody Battle of Saipan was honored by a New York Army National Guard Honor Guard team as he was laid to...
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Kentucky National Guard Posthumously Honors World War II POW
December 22, 2023
— CYNTHIANA, Ky. - There can be little doubt that the spirit of U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Jack Henry Owen is alive and well nearly 11 years after the former World War II bomber pilot died at the age of...
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National Guard’s Heritage Honored at Storied Army Base
November 7, 2023
— ARLINGTON, Va. – In a hallowed corner of Patton Hall at Northern Virginia’s Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, a journey through the annals of American military history awaits. An officer’s saber from...
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New York Army Guard Provides Funeral Honors for WWII Pilot
May 22, 2023
— ROSE, N.Y. - A World War II pilot declared missing in action in 1943 was laid to rest by New York Army National Guard Soldiers on May 20 in Rose Cemetery.Ten Soldiers from the New York Military Forces...
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Georgia Guardsman Promoted, Family Service Honored
May 22, 2023
— MARIETTA, Ga. - Maj. Alejandro V. Pascual IV was promoted to lieutenant colonel at the Clay National Guard Center May 21 in a ceremony that also honored the Pascual family’s history of military...
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Iowa Guard CH-47 Delivers Historic F-80 via Sling Load
April 12, 2023
— SIOUX CITY, Iowa - An Iowa Army National Guard CH-47 helicopter flew to Sioux City this week to pick up a Korean War-era F-80 fighter jet from the Air National Guard paint facility.After being...
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Rainbow Division Vet Passes on War Stories to Today's Soldiers
December 8, 2022
— ALBANY, N.Y. – A World War II veteran of the 42nd Infantry Division shared his combat stories with 300 New York Army National Guard Soldiers serving in the division's headquarters for the unit's...
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NY Air Guard Leaders Salute World War II Vet on his 100th
November 29, 2022
— LATHAM, N.Y. – New York Air National Guard leaders gathered at the Shaker Place Nursing Home to honor a World War II veteran on his 100th birthday Nov. 28.William H. Meyer served in the Army Air...
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134th Infantry’s lone WWII Medal of Honor recipient a ‘One Man Army’
March 24, 2022
— LINCOLN, Neb. – Staff Sgt. Junior James Spurrier was born in Castlewood, Virginia, Dec. 14, 1922, as James Ira Spurrier Jr. to Ira and Ruby Spurrier. When Spurrier enlisted into the Army on Sept. 25,...
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NYNG Soldiers honor state heroes at Arlington Cemetery
February 17, 2021
— ARLINGTON, Va. – In a letter to his son in 1944, Gen. George S. Patton Jr. said: "To be a successful Soldier, you must know history. … Weapons change, but man who uses them changes not at all."History...
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Airmen honor Vermont’s oldest living veteran
December 31, 2020
— SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – Honor is a word ingrained into the ethos of men and women who have ever served in the U.S. military. Therefore, it comes as no surprise that when Airmen of the 158th Fighter...
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Guardsmen honor World War II veteran on his 99th birthday
December 9, 2020
— HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. – Wearing a Dodgers baseball cap and a pin that read, “It’s my birthday,” World War II veteran and Purple Heart recipient Joseph Casaburi was greeted by four New York Army...
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