by mitalis | Jul 25, 2018 | Inspiring Stories, News
By Debbie Gregory. For Iraqis and Afghans, working with the U.S. military in the Middle East carried great risks. Haeder Al Anbki is one of more than 23,000 Iraqi and Afghan people who worked with American Forces, and then immigrated to the United States. Their work...
by mitalis | Mar 20, 2018 | Inspiring Stories, News, Uncategorized
By Debbie Gregory. There was no time to wait for emergency personnel or to see if others on the highway would stop. “We were the first there,” he said. “It was my responsibility.” While his wife called 9-1-1, he ran to the wreckage and went to work. “I just did all I...
by mitalis | Jan 30, 2018 | News
A terminally ill veteran who had an out-of-this-world wish to see “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” before he died got his wish, but unfortunately, has succumbed to colon cancer. Ron Villemaire passed away on January 22nd. Villemaire was on hospice care, and his pain was...
by mitalis | Oct 25, 2017 | Inspiring Stories, News, Uncategorized
By Debbie Gregory. Few people enjoy a neighborhood stroll quite as much as 95-year-old Harvey Djerf. For as long as anyone in the Plymouth, MN neighborhood can remember, the beloved World War II veteran has spent his retirement walking the neighborhood, twice a day....
by mitalis | Oct 18, 2017 | Inspiring Stories, News
The wife of a Fort Bragg soldier who was killed in Afghanistan in August had a lot of help when it came time to reveal the gender of the baby she is expecting in March. Brittany Harris, pregnant with the couple’s first child, called upon her late husband’s band...
by mitalis | Sep 22, 2017 | Inspiring Stories, News
By Debbie Gregory. It all started with a quiet weekend trip to Arches National Park, Utah, in early 2012. In 2012, before they were a married couple, Army Captains. Kendall and John Gomber, took a trip to Arches National Park, Utah. That trip gave the couple a novel...
