Published November 11, 2024
WARREN — Warren will honor its veterans at the first “Honoring Heroes with Harmony” celebration at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15, in the first-floor conference room at City Hall.
Read MorePublished October 16, 2024
NOVI — The need for college funding resulted in one local doctor joining the U.S. Navy Reserve, but it was the love for country that he developed while serving that caused him to stay in the Reserve for 34 years, during which time he was deployed in two wars, Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom, and he held two of the highest offices that a family medical physician can hold in the Reserve.
Read MorePublished October 16, 2024
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — The 41B District Court Veterans Treatment Court held a graduation ceremony celebrating the achievements of five participants on Oct. 10.
Read MorePublished September 26, 2024
NOVI — People from across southeastern Michigan gathered in front of the “Michigan Remembers” POW/MIA Memorial Sept. 20 at Oakland Hills Memorial Gardens in Novi to remember those soldiers who have yet to make it home.
Read MorePublished September 24, 2024
SOUTHFIELD — Almost a decade ago, Capt. Anna Jones traded her blazers and button-ups for camouflage and combat boots when she left her corporate marketing job to join the army.
Read MorePublished September 13, 2024
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — It’s been 23 years since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2011. Clinton Township hasn’t forgotten.
Read MorePublished August 2, 2024
After serving more than five years in a Russian labor colony, Paul Whelan, a retired U.S. Marine and Novi resident, is a free man today.
Read MorePublished June 27, 2024
FARMINGTON — A trip to Memorial Park in downtown Farmington now includes a local history lesson for those who happen to take notice of a plaque that was recently installed.
Read MorePublished June 20, 2024
ROCHESTER HILLS — U.S. Navy seaman Auvergne Breault was just 20 when he was struck by a giant mortar that knocked him off his boat, leading to his drowning death, during the June 6, 1944, allied forces invasion of Normandy, France, known as D-Day.
Read MorePublished June 17, 2024
HARRISON TOWNSHIP/ROCHESTER — After two decades of service, Rochester resident and Air National Guard Maj. Jason Holm has piloted his final military flight.
Read MorePublished June 8, 2024
SOUTHFIELD — “I’m still walking around in a daze. My wife and I … it’s unbelievable — nothing like this has ever happened,” Michael Johnson, a U.S. Air Force veteran and Southfield resident of 30 years, said of his new roof.
Read MorePublished June 7, 2024
TROY — Hundreds of people gathered at White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery in Troy for the 93rd annual WWI Polar Bear Memorial Service May 27 to honor a group of Michigan soldiers known as the “Polar Bears,” according to a press release from the cemetery.
Read MorePublished June 7, 2024
NOVI — The city of Novi held its third annual Fuerst Field of Honor remembrance ceremony May 22 to pay respects to those who lost their lives while serving the United States in the military.
Read MorePublished June 6, 2024
ROYAL OAK — The 80th anniversary of D-Day brings one of the last anniversaries of the World War II era where surviving veterans can be present for the event.
Read MorePublished June 6, 2024
GROSSE POINTE FARMS — On June 6, the War Memorial, 32 Lake Shore Road in Grosse Pointe Farms, will mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day — which turned the tide in World War II as the Allies stormed Normandy beaches in France to wrest back control of the country from Nazi Germany
Read MorePublished June 6, 2024
ROYAL OAK — Thursday, June 6, marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, and to commemorate this day, the Michigan World War II Legacy Memorial board of directors will be hosting an event.
Read MorePublished June 5, 2024
NOVI — June 6, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion.
Read MorePublished May 31, 2024
ST. CLAIR SHORES — There’s a lot more to reenacting than wearing the uniform. It’s about the portrayal of history and the community formed along the way.
Read MorePublished May 31, 2024
METRO DETROIT — Nearly one year before the United States entered World War II, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared the country would be the “arsenal of democracy” and supply the free world with equipment and munitions to fight the Axis powers.
Read MorePublished May 31, 2024
LANSING/WARREN — State Sen. Paul Wojno, D-Warren, has always had a soft spot in his heart for the brave soldiers who fought during World War II.
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