Cleanup at Cold ...
Cleanup at Cold War comm siteMATHESONA three-month effort to remove hazardous waste and remnants of an old military communications site in Black River-Matheson were completed this week."Kempis Mountain, also known as Mid-Canada Line site 070, was ... the last link of a chain of Mid-Canada Line communications sites that stretched north to Hudson Bay," about two kilo-metres from Butler Lake, just south of Matheson, said township mayor Mike Milinkovich."Up to now, it was totally fenced in. There were no signs of buildings. All that was left were sl

Sunday Dec. 6 Ewa WW-II History "Troop Train" ride
all for Ewa WW-II History "Troop Train" ride tickets before they are all sold out. There are two train rides, but tickets are going fast. This is a great family event to spend 90 minutes riding through the Ewa countryside on a classic WW-II narrow gauge railway that actually carried many US troops who fought in the Pacific War. Discounts with military ID. CALL (808) 681-5461 to reserve your Ewa WW-II History "Troop Train" tickets NOW. The Hawaiian Railway Society Train Museum is a non-profit group located between Renton Rd. and Roosevelt Avenue and is part of where WW-II in the Pacific actually started- and strafed by Zeros and Val di

Cold War tax exem...
Cold War tax exemption recognizes forgotten group of men and womenBy David RobinsonThe Evening TimesFri Nov 20, 2009, 04:47 PM ESTFrankfort, N.Y. -A small group of residents attended a public hearing Tuesday in the town of Frankfort to witness passage of a local law on tax exemption for military veterans.But this law signified much more than a tax break.It served as long-overdue recognition of a forgotten group of men and women that served in the U.S.

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Thanksgiving in a...
Thanksgiving in a FoxholeThanks to Gary for sharing this poem with us.by Gary Jacobson © November 2006Well, here it is, Thanksgiving in a foxhole...I'm trying to fathom what thankful presentments fill my soul.You know, it could be a whole hell of a lot worseI could be pushin' up posies 'stead a here spoutin' verse.So I guess most of all, I'm thankful I ain't yet deadLaced with bullet holes oozing redHere in Vietnam, ten thousand miles from homeSent forth the rotting jungle to roam.War has reduced my passionate pa