armed forces veterans
Veterans Empowered recaps year
Dec 24, 2024
Veterans Empowered Inc. opened its Rochester clinical office in April of this year. The mission of the local nonprofit is to prevent suicide and save the lives of veterans in crisis. Since 9/11 nearly 350,000 veterans have committed suicide but the actual number is unknown.
Officers are...
For vet, flight helps heal wounds suffered at war's end
Jul 3, 2019
Jerry Abidin of Lake City took a whirlwind tour of Washington, D.C., on May 18 on a Freedom Honor Flight out of La Crosse, Wis.
The Vietnam War veteran served 21 years between the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve. In the capital he saw not only the Vietnam War memorial, but the Tomb of the Unknown...
544th Company holds reunion
Apr 26, 2018
The 544th Heavy Equipment Maintenance (HEM) Co. of Wabasha held its every-other-year reunion April 14 at the Burkhardt-Roemer VFW Post 4086 in Wabasha. Due to a very bad snowstorm that day, only 21 members of the unit, with another 16 guests, were able to attend. Another reunion is being planned...
Appel takes Honor Flight
Oct 11, 2017
“I’m not completely blind, but I’m mostly blind,” said Francis Appel as he explained why he resisted applying for for an Honor Flight to Washington, D.C., despite the urging of family.
If he can’t see the memorials, the 88-year-old former Marine and Korean War veteran remembers thinking, what’s...
Flag pin promotion raise $1,200 for Freedom Honor Flights, so far
Jun 22, 2017
After serving as a guardian for a recent Freedom Honor Flight, Swan Jewelers owner Steve Swan was inspired to raise funds “to help support this great service to honor our veterans.” Veterans are flown to Washington DC to see the monuments that stand in their honor. There is no fee to the veterans...
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