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Honoring our Veterans
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Local veterans take first place awards at National Veterans Creative Arts Competition
Five military veterans from the Long Beach Veteran Affairs Medical Center won first place awards at the National…
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Below is a video collaboration with LBPost.com for the 20th Annual Veterans Day Parade. Click on the video…
Veterans Day Parade Book | Nov. 5, 2016
The 20th Annual Long Beach Veterans Day Parade will honor veterans and provide a “salute to all those…
Salvation Army program gives household essentials to veterans
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VA hospital to open 'home away from home' for patients' loved ones
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Honoring vets through art
[aesop_character name=”Rachael Rifkin” caption=”Contributing Writer” align=”left” force_circle=”off”] Every person who’s served our country has a story, but the…
Battleship Iowa is home to veterans who can connect their stories with others
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A look at the USS America and its service members during LA Fleet Week
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A history of our military branches
Air Force According to the National Security Act of 1947, the Air Force’s mission is to prepare the…
Author and Vietnam War correspondent compiles WWII personal stories, touches lives of citizens and troops
Ariana Gastelum Editorial Intern After Jerry Jackson, an airman in 1959 and 1960 in Taiwan, Korea and Okinawa,…