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A Push to Rename the Bend VA Clinic After Bob Maxwell

Oregon’s Congressional delegation joins forces to honor WWII vet
Avatar photo Kyle Switzer

Representative Greg Walden (R-OR2) introduced legislation Thursday to name the Bend Veterans Affairs Clinic after WWII veteran and Bend resident Bob Maxwell. Prior to passing away in May 2019, Maxwell was the oldest medal of honor recipient in the nation—Maxwell’s medal being signed off by Franklin Delano Roosevelt two day before FDR’s death. Maxwell was […]

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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.
Brian Jennings

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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