The Memorial Day ceremony on Monday attracted hundreds to the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.
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The jets are lined up eight deep, F-16s with muzzles and tail fins painted a star-spangled red, white and blue. The Thunderbirds are ready to roll.
“This is so disrespectful for a man like him, a war hero,” a longtime friend said.
The Operation Care Package drive, a collaboration among the Las Vegas United Service Organization, Nellis Air Force Base and the Right Lawyers, will continue through Nov. 10.
The city of North Las Vegas and the Veterans Club of Sun City Aliante honored World War II fighter pilot Jim Parker, 97, on Saturday, declaring June 29 “Jim Parker Day.”
Lt. Col. Jason Heard had led the team based at Nevada’s Nellis Air Force Base well, but there was a loss of “confidence in his leadership and risk management style,” the Air Force said Wednesday.
Twenty-four World War II and five Korean War veterans got a welcome back to remember Sunday after a trip they won’t soon forget.
Two veterans, who lost their legs during an explosion in Iraq, made a stop in Las Vegas during their journey in the third annual Veterans Charity Ride from Los Angeles to the 77th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota.
Gov. Brian Sandoval signed four veteran-related bills into law Monday after a Memorial Day ceremony in Boulder City.
Hundreds of people paid respect to lost loved ones on Memorial Day at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery.
Blue Star Mothers along with Henderson residents, students and council members collect items Tuesday for the 8th annual “Stockings for our Troops.
Before Memorial Day last year, Janna Hoehn of Maui needed to find the last 19 of Nevada’s 149 fallen Vietnam War service members to help the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund complete its “Faces Never Forgotten” project.
They jumped off the aircraft carrier and swam for their lives when the USS Bismarck Sea sunk 70 years ago during the battle for Iwo Jima. On Tuesday, four of the ship’s last survivors reminisced about that kamikaze attack by two Japanese warplanes at what they said might be their final reunion.
Nevada Army National Guard veteran Nathan Fischer is starting a new chapter in his life. Fischer has a home of his own in northwest Las Vegas and he will be able to raise his daughter there.
Dozens of returning Nevada Army Guard members were honored Saturday after nearly a year of service in the Middle East.
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