Military Life

Leathernecks help Missouri Veterans Home

Dave Woodfine, of the Warsaw Leathernecks Marine Corps League Detachment 1254, delivered a $200 check to support ongoing veteran programs at the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg.... Full story

VFW Post 1894 helps Veterans Assistance League

Bob Wonnell, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1894 in Clinton and VFW surgeon for the Department of Missouri, presented a $600 check to the Veterans Assistance League for veteran wish list items to Jan Smith, director of volunteer services at... Full story

Lance Estes

Pvt. Lance Estes recently completed basic training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego.He is the son of Sherri Prather and Tim Estes, of Sedalia. He is the stepson of Alan Prather, of Sedalia.... Full story

Kristyn Siegel

Kristyn Siegel recently completed Marine Corps basic training at Paris Island, S.C. She served with the 4th Batallion.She is now training at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. She is a 2009 graduate of Otterville High School and the daughter of Virginia... Full story

World War II, John Heimsoth

By John Heimsoth

Each Memorial Day I think about the 12 Marines I helped bury at sea. There were no flowers and the cross on their grave is where a latitude line crosses a longitude line.On June 15, 1944, at the Battle of Saipan, I was a quartermaster second class of... Full story

National 40 & 8 commander visits Sedalia

Ted Lang, national commander of the 40 & 8, visited Voiture 333 on May 9 at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2591. He presented a variety of awards. Col. Floyd Pugh was named the hero of the year posthumously. His wife, Ann, accepted the award in his... Full story

Post 642 donates flag

American Legion Post 642 recently donated a new outdoor/all weather American flag to Sacred Heart School.Sixth-grade students received the flag.... Full story

Jacob Okabayashi

Army Pvt. Jacob Okabayashi graduated from basic training at Fort Knox, Ky., in September 2008. He graduated from advanced infantry training at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland in March. He is stationed at Camp Casey, Korea.He is a 2008 graduate of... Full story

Adam Brooks

Lance Cpl. Adam M. Brooks graduated from Marine Corps Recruit Training on Aug. 8, 2008, in San Diego. He attended financial management school at Camp Johnson in North Carolina. He graduated on Dec. 11, 2008, as a disbursing technician. He is a 2000 graduate... Full story

Kevin Bronson

Kevin James Bronson graduated from basic training in the Army Reserves on Jan. 30 at Fort Knox, Ky. Pvt. 1st Class Bronson took advanced training at Fort Leonard Wood as a nuclear biological chemical warfare specialist. He graduated on April 20.He is... Full story

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