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Our Veterans; Our Stories (pdf)

Our Veterans; Our Stories (pdf)Area veterans recall their stories in this special report from the Herald-Tribune, History Channel and Newspapers in Education

Profiles

Veterans

They are young and old, male and female, representing a variety of races, religions and backgrounds. Some have come back wounded, while others lost their lives. What unites them is the honor and dignity they have shown while serving this country. They are our veterans — 50,000 in Sarasota County alone and another 350,000 living within 50 miles.

Each one has a story to tell. There is the 20-year-old Bradenton man who volunteered to go to Afghanistan because "I'm a soldier and it's my job," the medical intern who cared for soldiers overseas during WW II, the Sarasota man who waited 30 years before contacting the family of a fellow soldier who had died alongside him.

Here are those stories, along with other stories about veterans and how they are faring.

Recent Articles About Veterans

  • Longboat Key mourns Al Hogle, police chief

    Longboat Key mourns Al Hogle, police chief

    Published May 15, 2012
    A black band lays across the gold badge of Longboat Key Police Capt. Pete Cummins, a sign of brotherhood and death that no officer wants to wear. Half of the American flags along Gulf of Mexico Drive on the key flew at half-staff Tuesday, a...

  • Former Herald-Tribune editor led paper in era of growth

    Published May 9, 2012
    Longtime Herald-Tribune managing editor C. Edward Pierce, a stickler for accuracy who led the newsroom through dynamic growth in the 1970s and '80s, died on Wednesday in hospice care in Clearwater. He was 91. Pierce had been managing editor of The...
  • Safety lessons learned before an emergency

    Safety lessons learned before an emergency

    Published May 3, 2012
    After 30 years on the water, veteran boaters Fred and B.J. Hannon know that safety is of the utmost importance. On Saturday, the couple brought all of their flares that had expiration dates on them to the Vessel Safety Day demonstration and clinic.
  • Sock and shoe drive benefits the homeless

    Sock and shoe drive benefits the homeless

    Published May 3, 2012
    Members of the Palm-Aire Tennis Association collected socks and shoes for the homeless in Manatee County during a recent luncheon at Palm-Aire Country Club. Those attending were entertained by The Open Door Band, an outreach of the Community...

  • Wednesday's letters

    Published May 2, 2012
    Take wage protest to source: farm owners People should not blame Publix for the plight of the Immokalee workers. The culprit is the owners of the farms, the ones refusing to pay a fair wage. The workers are employees of the farms; Publix is a...

  • GOOD DEEDS

    Published April 30, 2012
    The Isermann Family Foundation at Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation underwrote the recent appearance of actor Richard Dreyfuss at the Sarasota Opera House. Dreyfuss spoke about the challenges of living with bipolar disorder. The event was...
  • Struggling veterans get help at event

    Struggling veterans get help at event

    Published April 28, 2012
    Haircuts, personal items and other assistance offered to those who served their country and now have trouble getting by.
  • War took toll on soldier's psyche

    War took toll on soldier's psyche

    Published April 27, 2012
    Herb Baron fought in North Africa and Italy and recently completed a book.
  • Artists donate talents to help vets find jobs

    Artists donate talents to help vets find jobs

    Published April 27, 2012
    Using the talents of area artists, a new nonprofit organization aims to help military veterans find jobs.
  • Office advocates for veterans

    Office advocates for veterans

    Published April 25, 2012
    Receiving 25 to 50 calls per day asking for assistance requires dedication to duty a veteran understands. For Andy Huffman, it is all in a day's work. The retired Coast Guard officer and his staff of three serve more than 12,000 veterans and their...

  • BUSINESS PEOPLE

    Published April 23, 2012
    Tonya Fiore has joined Gateway Bank of Southwest Florida as bank officer and assistant banking center manager. She will help manage the LEED certified University Parkway banking center on Lockwood Ridge Road. Fiore has seven years of banking...
  • Cybill Shepherd's back, and on the 'List'

    Cybill Shepherd's back, and on the 'List'

    Published April 20, 2012
    For Cybill Shepherd, her role on "The Client List" is all about happy endings.

  • Silverberg: War service shapes life

    Published April 13, 2012
    For those directly involved, war is almost always among the defining events in their lives and for some, the memories of conflict become a stumbling block they are never quite able to overcome. The two world wars of the 20th century shaped the...
  • World War II veteran survived savage Pacific battles

    World War II veteran survived savage Pacific battles

    Published April 13, 2012
    One day I realized that World War II was as distant to us in time as the Civil War was to WWII, about 70 years apart. So three years ago, as a writer, I began to travel across the country and interviewed dozens of WWII veterans, only to find that...
  • Sponsors of Wine Fest see where money goes

    Sponsors of Wine Fest see where money goes

    Published April 12, 2012
    As the Rotary Club of Lakewood Ranch handed checks to grant winners, sponsors of the annual Suncoast Food & Wine Fest learned how their money will help community. The club hosted a luncheon April 5 at the Polo Grill in Lakewood Ranch as a way to...

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