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In remembrance of Patrick Solano, a decorated World War II veteran who became a public servant under nine Pennsylvania governors, WVIA will air a special rebroadcast of the award-winning original documentary film “War Stories: Pat Solano” this Friday, Jan. 29 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Jan. 31 at 1:30 p.m. on WVIA-TV. The Pittston Township resident died peacefully at home on Jan. 23 at the age of 95, surrounded by his wife of 66 years and his family. His obituary describes his long and int...

Born on March 15, 1925, in Los Angeles, Mr Fay was a 79-year resident of Ventura County. He graduated from Ventura High School in 1943 and later attended UCLA and Loyola Law School, graduating in 1950. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in February 1943 and went into active service in June after graduating high school. Mr Fay trained as a navigator and later became town mayor of Ojai, California. Photo: Tia Carlson - Credit: Archant He served in England with the 466th Bom...

Famous Vet Colin Powell Became First Black Secretary of State in US Retired Gen. Colin Powell shakes hands with a soldier on Camp Arifjan Army Base, Kuwait, Nov. 18, 2007. (Sgt. 1st Class Jacob McDonald/50th Public Affairs Detachment) Colin Powell was the 10-year-old son of Jamaican immigrants in 1948 when President Harry S. Truman ordered the desegregation of Americas armed forces. As the 10-year-old boy would say 50 years later, "This isnt ancient history; this is my generation." Racism was f...

Tallahassee Purple Heart recipient selected to be honored by national project and last updated 2020-12-17 14:07:34-05 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — A Tallahassee Purple Heart recipient has been chosen to be one of the nation’s 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project Honorees. U.S. Army Colonel Washington Sanchez (Ret.) of Tallahassee, a Vietnam War veteran, was chosen by the Purple Heart Honor Mission on Thursday to represent fellow Purple Heart heroes as Florida’s representative at a mul...

C ochl collet and will lins dsay. they were killed in march. collette from lancaster, ohio. he had been in the army since 2010. and this was his first deployment. he was the recipient of tpurple heart. governor dewine called him a he hero. he leaves behind a wife, two children and two stepchildren. and sergeant will lindsay was 33 from colorado. since joining in 2004, he earned the bronze star medal with four oak leaf clusters, purple heart, special forces tack, combat infantry badge, master par...

Awaits us come december 31st. senator simpson, its always an honor. politics, i know you understand the irony of politics, it makes strange bedfellows. i want to try something by you. the president wants a deal. the president would obviously like to include something on revenues. the conservatives may not want to go along with that. but if it will include something on revenues. the best push is coming from people i dont normally side with like tom donohue of the u.s. chamber of commerce because ...

Senator simpson, its always an honor. politics, i know you understand the irony of politics, it makes strange bedfellows. i want to try something by you. the president wants a deal. the president would obviously like to include something on revenues. the conservatives may not want to go along with that. but if it will include something on revenues. the best push is coming from people i dont normally side with like tom donohue of the u.s. chamber of commerce because hes warning if the congress sc...

That, we would confer upon them the order of the green weenie with oak leaf clusters. from then on, i have received the green weenie from the aarp. >> this was an important term to our investigation. hearing him describe it not just as the green weenie, but the order of the green weenie, and the order of the green weenie with oak leaf clusters made us realize we had to go back and give the tape from this weekend a closer listen. it is a little hard to hear, we were able we think to write it verb...

I should say there is another definition, one we cant say on television. explained here by urban dictionary. we have, however, redacted that for the sake of mostly my mom and our executive producer, bill wolff who is easily embarrassed. those were the only ones we could find to find out what alan simpson was talking about when he cited the green weenie. none of those made sense in the context of what he was talking about when he said it, which was the idea of two small budget cuts. then we reali...

From then on, i have received the green weenie from the aarp. >> this was an important term to our investigation. hearing him describe it not just as the green weenie, but the order of the green weenie, and the order of the green weenie with oak leaf clusters made us realize we had to go back and give the tape from this weekend a closer listen. it is a little hard to hear, we were able we think to write it verbatim. >> you want to walk out the door, stick your finger down your throat and give th...