Always a courageous man, Doc fought a lengthy illness with passion and when I was visiting him, usually with a smile and a quick wit. Even in spite some hard days, I am told his sense of humor never faltered and he continued to talk with friends and family from all...

Memorializing your Dad is something no little girl is ever prepared to do, but like others who serve selflessly, my Dad deserves it.  I hope this lump in my throat does not obstruct his story or my words. Dad took interest in being on the local Colebrook, New...

Matthew Fayette is a man that is filled to the brim with courage, leadership, and loyalty. I am so very thankful that he has become a leading influence in my life. His kind, protecting, patriotic, and tenacious personality has carried him far through life.  When he...

An 18 year old boy from Thomas Idaho, drafted in 1944 leaves basic training and steps off the bus in New York City. Rulon Grant Van Orden, known as Rudy, had never seen anything like this.  Two days later after buying souvenirs for his family, that the stores never...

As a little boy around three years old, my son, Scotty, was fascinated with firetrucks.  He joined the local volunteer fire dept. in Uniontown, Ohio where we lived when he was still in high school.  The VA Hospital chemical spill resulted in a lymphoma diagnosis at...

"Next day the world changed. I decided not to go into the office that day and prepare for a training I had to teach in Atlanta the following week. I went into the gym in the morning and heard the radio announcer say that a plane flew into one of the Twin Towers....