Articles with the Tag: Veterans
RONAN – Glacier View School students gathered together on Thursday afternoon to pay special tribute to the women and men who served in the armed forces. The students worked hard for weeks in preparation for their annual celebration by decorating the school with thank-you messages and rehearsin...
News from the Kuilix Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution In honor of the 2018 Veterans Day observance, Daughters of the American Revolution, Kuilix Chapter, awarded a Quilt of Valor to Vietnam veteran James Mathias. The award presentation was held on Nov. 1 at the Ronan VFW in front of m...
Interested participants invited to Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan meeting POLSON — On Wednesday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m., in the Lake County OEM meeting room, 25-C Regatta Road, Lake County is initiating the five year update to their Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. The plan will update the strategy to reduc...
When asked how he came to join the Army, Slim says, “The judge sent me.” In December of 1962 he was caught with “adult beverages,” but he was not an adult. In January 1963, he had a choice to make, and joining the Army seemed to be the best of the choices the judge gave him. ...
The World War One Centennial Commission – along with the Pritzker Military Museum and Library, the Society of the Honor Guard of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the National Cathedral, The American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars – has announced a nationwide bell-tolling on Nov. 11 as a sol...
RONAN — Ronan American Legion Post No. 138 and Ronan Auxiliary Unit No.138 received 100 percent American Legion Family Ribbons at the District No.4 meeting in Paradise on Sept. 29. The American Legion Family Ribbon is only awarded when two or more Legion families obtain 100 percent membership in the sa...
There are a lot of different reasons for joining the military. When in high school, Jim Pettit took the opportunity through the 1973 CETA program (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) to work with the Ronan, Montana Police Department. Things weren’t good at home, and deciding he liked law enforce...
As is true for many veterans, Tom Camel is proud to have served in the military, but he hates war. In 1968 he was pretty sure he was going to be drafted so he enlisted in the Army. He didn’t want to go to Vietnam and there was quite an anti-war movement going on in the U.S. at that time. Tom r...
RONAN — Teachers, parents and students, do you know about the scholarship programs offered by the Veterans of Foreign Wars? Patriot’s Pen is an essay competition for sixth to eighth grade students. This year the theme to write about is “Why I Honor the American Flag.” The fi...
When Don Lilley was 16, he figured he didn’t need school, and quit. When he turned 17, his dad figured it was time Don learned a thing or two and took him to the local draft board. Shortly thereafter in 1964, Don was in Butte volunteering for three years as a paratrooper and was assigned to...
