is your neighborhood reporter San Patricio and Aransas County. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — While the holidays are coming to an end some local Vietnam Veterans are making each moment count. That’s why they ...
Local sisters and other Catholic groups held a charity fair Dec. 15 to bring Christmas joy to orphans and disadvantaged children. Orphans from church-run homes and children whose parents are infected ...
Editors Note: This commentary first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. I woke up early on ...
Chris Harvey has pictures from a Christmas eve service in a Catholic church in Vietnam. “Many of you will be surprised to learn that Christmas in Vietnam is *huge*. And I don't mean the Vietnamese ...
One of Ralph “Gig” Morris’ Christmas presents this year was a visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The visit to the memorial on Dec. 21 coincided with the 50th anniversary of ...
It was 1971 and I was a military policeman in Da Nang, Vietnam. It was Christmas Day, and I was dog tired having just worked 12 hours, pulling guard duty all night. I stumbled back to my “hooch” and ...
The mum of a man who is detained in a Vietnam prison said she has to put on a brave face as she prepares for the first family Christmas without him. James Ryan, from Kirkby, was arrested following an ...
I woke up early on the morning of Dec. 6, 1972, to pack and say tearful goodbyes to my wife, Martie, and our one-year-old daughter, Amy. We’d decided ahead of time that my father-in-law “Pop” Lowry ...