American Veterans Stories, Honoring our Veterans, Remembering Our Veterans
American Veterans Stories, Honoring our Veterans, Remembering Our Veterans
How to Request Military Service Records or Prove Military Service
Military personnel records can be used for proving military service, or as a valuable tool in genealogical research. Most veterans and their next-of-kin can obtain free copies of their DD Form 214 (Report of Separation) and other military and medical records several ways.
Read more →Secretary Shinseki Details Plan to End Homelessness for Veterans
At the “VA National Summit Ending Homelessness among Veterans,” Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki unveiled the department’s comprehensive plan to end homelessness among Veterans by marshalling the resources of government, business and the private sector.
Read more →Remembering Our World War II Veterans- Ask Them About Their Memories of December 7, 1941
**Tune in to the Dave Glover Show on 97.1FM for an interview on Monday (Pearl Harbor Day) with Jim Parker, Chief Petty Officer/ Sonar Chief, Navy 1940-1957, as he remembers his experience during the Pearl Harbor attack.**
Remembering Our World War II Veterans- Ask Them About Their Memories of “December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy.”
The attack on Pearl Harbor (or Hawaii Operation, Operation Z, as it was called by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters) was an unannounced military strike conducted by the Japanese navy against the United States’ naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, later resulting in the United States becoming militarily involved in World War II.
VFW Grieves Over Fort Hood Tragedy
VFW Grieves Over Fort Hood Tragedy
WASHINGTON, November 6, 2009 — The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. extended his condolences and support today to the families and victims of yesterday’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas.
“No words can properly convey our condolences to the wounded and families of those murdered,” said Thomas J. Tradewell Sr., a Vietnam veteran from Sussex, Wis.
Read more →Welcome to the New Blog for Hometown Heroes!
The Hometown Heroes Experience is intended to honor America’s military veterans by collecting their stories on DVD, preserving them for future generations, and featuring them in a new vivid exhibit.
Five- to-seven minute fully edited digital stories are produced from interviews and conversations with veterans and are a part of the permanent Hometown Heroes Experience archive. This archive of stories is available through the internet, at www.hometown-heroes.org, and on the outdoor 150 sq. ft. big screen, as well as the interior touch screens of the traveling exhibit/interactive theater.
It is now possible for your company to reach 2 million veterans and their families.