ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Barack Obama carried out the traditional Veterans Day role today, then made a surprise visit to a part of Arlington National Cemetery reserved for troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, walking among the grave sites and talking to mourners. ...more

November 11, 2009

John McCain will be the host of AMC cable network's Memorial Day weekend marathon of movies celebrating war heroes. ...more

April 30, 2009

Who's The Real Enemy? In a war, we need to know the enemy. And to my understanding, we did not know the enemy during this past election. With those of color, I rejoice that a person of color got elected. However, I cannot go with his desire for abortions, here and around the world, at the expense of our tax dollars. ...more

November 16, 2008

Sebring native Thomas B. McGuire Jr., one of the most decorated American war heroes of all time, won the Congressional Medal of Honor in a dog-fight air battle over an island in the Philippines. Following is the Army Air Corps official citation of that battle and the reason he was awarded, after his death, the highest military medal an American can receive, the Congressional Medal of Honor. ...more

January 17, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County's most decorated war hero received another post-mortem honor this week. On the Island of Negros in the Philippines, a large memorial marker was set on the crash site where the late Maj. Thomas B. McGuire Jr. died in battle. McGuire, a Highlands County native who won the Congressional Medal of Honor as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in World War II, died at that spot 63 years ago while on a mission that turned into a desperate dog fight. ...more

January 17, 2008

I'm commenting on the Highlands Today editorial about giving our veterans a stipend of $75 per month, which is fine, but not nearly enough. We have sent our finest over to battle for our freedoms in so many wars. We train them to kill, and whatever it takes to win. Then home they come, mixed-up, confused, depressed, no job, half the time they have lost their families, and we're gonna' give them $75 a month? ...more

January 1, 2008

Back when genealogy was of interest only to blue bloods looking to prove relationships to royalty or war heroes, researchers didn't closely embrace the black sheep in the family. ...more

December 16, 2007

The biggest event on PBS this year is Ken Burns' 'The War,' a seven-part series about World War II. ...more

September 13, 2007