Sparks Vet Attends Ceremony, Reflects on Military Career and Time as POW After a short introduction and presentation, a tall figure standing next to a seat at the top of section 118 gently lifted a black cover revealing both a chair and special plaque at Greater Nevada Field dedicated to prisoners of war and those servicemen and women still missing in action. For … [Read more...]
NDVS Presents Veteran and Veterans’ Supporter of the Month
A statewide veterans’ group that has enormous outreach, especially during the legislative session, and a Vietnam-era sailor who has taken an active role as an advocate were recognized for their contributions during a recent ceremony at the Old Assembly Chambers in Carson City by the Nevada Department of Veterans Services. The Veteran Supporter of the Month is the United … [Read more...]
Veterans with Sparks Ties Take Part in Honor Flight
Special to the Tribune Shortly before his arrival in Guadalcanal as a 17-year-old poised for war, the battle for the small jungle-entangled Pacific island endured some of the fiercest fighting during the first year of World War II. Both Marines and soldiers repelled a sixmonth Japanese assault on the small 90-mile long island in the Solomon chain, while aviation assets … [Read more...]
Reno Aces Military Night Set for Aug. 3
The Reno Aces baseball team is honoring the area’s veterans on Aug. 3 with its annual Military Appreciation Night at Greater Nevada Field. Reno hosts Omaha at 7:05 p.m. The event has a special meaning for Aces General Manager Emily Jaenson. She is the wife of Navy veteran who served on SEAL Team 8 based in Virginia Beach, Va., and then as an instructor at Naval Air … [Read more...]
Nevada dedicates Gold Star memorial to families
Nevada became the latest state on Saturday to honor the sacrifices of those killed in military service by dedicating a Gold Star Families Memorial on the grounds of the recently opened Northern Nevada State Veterans Home in Sparks. In an afternoon marked by speeches from two Medal of Honor recipients, Hershel “Woody Williams and Donald “Doc’ Ballard, and a Gold Star father, … [Read more...]
NDVS recognizes Carson City veteran, color guard
A Carson City man and the Northern Nevada All Veteran Honor Guard/Color Guard were honored Wednesday at the capitol’s Old Assembly Chambers for their countless hours of service of going beyond the call of duty. United States Air Force veteran James Glaser has been actively involved with the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Chapter 7. Kat Miller, director of the Nevada … [Read more...]
Battle Born Memorial’s Unveiling Remembers Nevada’s 895 Fallen
The Rev. Lloyd Byers, a retired minister who formerly resided in Sparks but now lives in Nashville, Tenn., said his son, Joshua, was a leader in ROTC, in school and in the U.S. Army. A 1996 West Point graduate, the Army captain died July 3, 2003, when an IED (improvised explosive device) exploded under his Humvee near Ramadi, Iraq. The 29-year-old Byers was the 13th soldier … [Read more...]