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Wind phone unveiled at Virginia Memorial Park in Forest to honor veterans
FOREST, Va. (WSET) — A new symbol of remembrance and healing is now in place in Forest, where a special ceremony and unveiling were held Wednesday morning to honor veterans. A “wind phone” was dedicated at Virginia Memorial Park on Forest Road. The phone is not connected...
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"I Commend Them to Your Care": 92 Years After a President's Promise, the Salem VA Is Still Keeping It
On the afternoon of Oct. 19, 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Roanoke by train. At 4 p.m., he stood before a crowd of 40,000 on the campus of a brand-new hospital. On the afternoon of Oct. 19, 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived in Roanoke by train. At 4 p.m., he stood before a crowd of 40,000 on the campus of a brand-new hospital: 16 buildings in the hills just outside Salem, built for the men who had fought in the First World War and come home to a country still finding out what that war had cost them.
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‘We are being recognized more so now’: 101-year-old Iwo Jima veteran reflects on service
From a small town in Virginia to the battlefields of the Pacific, Marion Noel’s memories of World War II span more than eight decades. Noel, 101, joined the Navy in 1943 — just a year after graduating high school. He went on to serve in two major battles in the Pacific, including one of the most iconic moments in American military history.