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Medford veteran to be honored with trip to National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Local veteran Larry Rupp will visit the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in West Point, New York. Posted: May 10, 2021 11:16 AM Posted By: Jamie Parfitt MEDFORD, Ore. — A Rogue Valley veteran and Purple Heart recipient has been chosen as one of the nation's 2021 "Purple Heart Patriot Project" honorees, which includes a pilgrimage to the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in West Point, New York. U.S. Army Captain Lawrence "Larry" Rupp served two tours in Vietnam, receiving shrapnel wounds in January 1969 du...

jwhittaker@post-journal.com State Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, speaks on behalf of the Sgt. David Lockwood Memorial Bridge in the state Senate on Thursday. RANDOLPH — A bridge over Interstate 86 in Randolph may soon be renamed the Sgt. David Lockwood Memorial Bridge. The state Senate last week passed S.1752, introduced by state Sen. George Borrello. The Assembly has yet to take up companion legislation. “I’d like to start off by thanking the leadership, both Republican and Democrat, for bringing this bill forward,” Borrello said on the Senate floor. “I think we can all agre...

In the early months of modern Ufology, a pair of Air National Guard F-51 Mustangs engaged UFOs in two separate incidents that became known as “The Mantell Incident” and “The Gorman Dogfight”. Tragically, one of these turned deadly.

Fort Polk celebrates courthouse dedication ceremony Maj. NORBERTO O. DALUZ OSJA military justice chief On the morning of April 21, the Fort Polk Office of the Staff Judge Advocate named and dedicated the Fort Polk Courthouse after Sgt. Maj. Howard Metcalf. Metcalf served as the 8th Regimental Sergeant Major of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps from Feb. 17, 1998, until his retirement in 2002. He passed away in November 2019 at the age of 72. The Fort Polk Courthouse Naming and Dedication ceremony was held in conjunction with Fort Polk’s 80th Anniversary and in the spirit of rec...

Duty Calls: Two National Guard units get new leaders Terry Brown FacebookTwitterEmail New York Air National Guard Major Gen. Ray Shields, left, passes the unit flag of the 109th Airlift Wing to new commander Col. Christian Sander as the former commander, Col. Michele Kilgore watches during a ceremony in Scotia. Two Capital Region National Guard units have new commanders. New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Thomas Spencer, a two-tour veteran of the Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War, has assumed command of the Troy-based 42nd Infantry Division during a ceremony at New York National Guard Hea...