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MILTON — Bill Baumer’s experiences as a Prisoner of War — captured by the enemy after his plane was shot down — have left a lasting impact on his family.

A ceremony Friday afternoon paid tribute to a local recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration of the U. S. Armed Forces. The event to salute Harold O. Messerschmidt of Grier Cit...

Speaking to DailyMail.con on Monday, Florida veteran Carl Dekle, who turned 100 last week, gave a heartbreaking assessment of the state of the country.

Staff Sergeant Michael Wayne Schafer: He Was a Hero, ‘He Was My Son’ On May 31, around 150 people gathered before VFW Post #10209 located on Edward R. Noll Dr. in Spring Hill, Florida, to honor a man they call a hero. His name was Staff Sergeant Michael Wayne Schafer, but to Karen Barr “he was my son.” Schafer was born to Karen and Mark Schafer in Spring Hill, Florida on Aug. 16, 1979. A year after graduating from Springstead High School in 1998, Shafer enlisted in the United States Army. After completing basic training and airborne school in Fort Benning, Georgia, Schafer joined the ...

In celebration of Women’s Month, we highlight eight Filipinas whose stories should be told and remembered. Trinidad Tecson (Photo from bulacan.gov.ph) Trinidad Tecson Known as the “Mother of Biak na Bato,” Trinidad Tecson was the first Filipina known to have taken part in “Sandugo” or a blood compact. Tecson fought side-by-side with the revolutionary men. She fought 12 bloody battles in Bulacan. Among her most valuable contributions in the Philippine revolution was the capture of firearms from a jail in San Isidro, Nueva Ecija after raiding a courthouse in Caloocan. At one time, whe...