Story by Joseph Siemandel | Joint Force Headquarters - Washington National Guard | 06.17.2025
Over the past six months Sgt. Madison Ivey, a combat medic with the Washington Army National Guard has taken on a trio of physically and mentally demanding events....
Story by Giancarlo Casem | 412th Test Wing | 04.21.2025
Service members, students and volunteers gathered Friday at Edwards Air Force Base to honor the legacy of World War II prisoners of war during a commemorative Bataan Death March event, April 12....
Story by Capt. William Stroud | 311th Expeditionary Sustainment Command | 04.15.2025
MIRAMAR NATIONAL CEMETERY, California — After more than 80 years since his sacrifice in World War II, U.S. Army Maj. James J. O'Donovan finally received a hero’s welcome home. On April 15, 2025, he was laid to rest with full military honors at Miramar National Cemetery, closing a chapter of profound loss and honoring a legacy of courage, leadership, and unwavering patriotism....
Story by Joseph Siemandel | Joint Force Headquarters - Washington National Guard | 04.11.2025
Seven members of the Washington Army National Guard’s Medical Detachment honor the memory of those who endured one of the most harrowing ordeals of World War II: the Bataan Death March....
Story by Scott Sturkol | Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office | 09.20.2024
Numerous current and even some former Soldiers associated with Fort McCoy took time Aug. 26 to be part of a special Mass of Christian Burial for former World War II POW Sgt. Jack Hohlfeld who was returned home from having been found in the Philippines earlier in 2024....
Story by Scott Sturkol | Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office | 09.20.2024
On a hot August day, Bataan Death March and World War II veteran Sgt. Jack Hohlfeld was laid to rest in La Crosse, Wis., approximately 82 years after his death....
Story by John Hughel | Oregon National Guard Public Affairs Office | 09.13.2024
A memorial service for U.S. Army Private William E. Calkins was held in Hillsboro, Oregon on Sept. 13, 2024, who served in WWII and was returned home in Oregon after 82 years following his death on Nov. 1, 1942 in the Philippines....
Story by Scott Sturkol | Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office | 09.05.2024
A scene from the Mass of Christian Burial Service for Sgt. Jack Hohlfeld is shown Aug. 26, 2024, at St. Patrick Parish in Onalaska, Wis....
