Volunteers placed more than 300 flags in the field in front of Triway High School Friday night as part of the Ohio Flags of Honor Traveling Memorial opening ceremony. The traveling exhibit, which will be at Triway through Sunday afternoon, grew out of two tragedies: The death of Army Specialist Nicholaus E. Zimmer on May 30, 2004, in an enemy attack in Kufa, Iraq, and the heavy losses suffered by Lima Company, Third Battalion, 25th Marines, Fourth Division about a year later. Following … [Read more...]
Seeing Washington, D.C., Through the Eyes of Veterans
Editor's Note: With Veterans Day today, we want to highlight this post from Aug. 28, 2016. We are grateful for the men and women who have served and sacrificed to protect our country, freedom and liberty. I come from a family of veterans. Only a couple served during war time, but they all took the oath and had the possibility of giving their lives. My grandfathers (Combs and Sartor) served in the Army during WWII. My dad, Bud, served in the Army during the Cold War. He has movies of the … [Read more...]