Gerard Abbett of Brandon remembers well the weapons and gear stocked at a Vietnam-era command post set up in Veterans Memorial Park on Saturday. ...more

February 1, 2009

Everyday I check out the editorials in the Highlands Today. I can't wait to read the letters submitted to the editor. Some of them make for interesting reading, while some of them are just meaningless ramblings. The letter from Bill Ross in Sunday's edition was one of those. Reading it over several times, it was hard to figure out the point he was trying to get across. He rambled on from George Bush to McCain and Palin. Then on to JFK and Cassius Clay. For the life of me I could not figure out why he had Clay included in that list of political powerhouses. What has he accomplished that rates him up there with those who have made a difference? ...more

November 1, 2008

Apparently, Francis Earl has slept through a decade of American history. In her latest pronouncement, she goes to great lengths to defend the American military and its veterans. But she greatly misstates two things. ...more

May 31, 2008

TAMPA - When the dust cleared after the fights at X-Ray and Albany, 234 Americans lay dead, with nearly as many wounded. The North Vietnamese Army killed 155 men in a single ambush alone, setting the tone for a war that grew increasingly protracted and gruesome. ...more

February 18, 2008

Movie to be filmed this weekend at Jenkins Creek. ...more

February 15, 2008

To Vietnam veterans, the 1968 military operation known as the Tet Offensive was as pivotal in the war as D-Day was in World War II. ...more

February 3, 2008

"Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram" (Harmony Books, $19.95) ...more

November 4, 2007