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G.I. Joe Goes to Washington

WWII vets, average age 92, transform into 18-year-olds during trips to D.C.

With a flurry of flags crossing the thoroughfare, it wasn’t a typical Sunday morning at Portland International Airport. Milling through the crowds were hundreds of flag-bearing veterans, waiting to greet their brothers and sisters returning from Washington, D.C. on an Honors Flight for WWII vets. The group—average age 92—had departed Portland the previous Thursday for […]

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Bend City Council Proclaims Dec. 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Bend City Council issued the following proclamation during tonight’s meeting, recognizing Dec. 7 as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The proclamation was initiated by the Bend Heroes Foundation. Proclamation DECEMBER 7TH, 2014 as PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY WHEREAS, December 7th, 2014 marks the seventy-third anniversary of the premeditated attack on Pearl Harbor propelling our nation into WWII, […]

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