SHREVEPORT, La. -- Bill Wilson was tired of the family farm in Marion County, Texas. Same with the surveying crew he'd worked with as a teenager. So at age 17 he decided to join the Army, where he finished high school, and his education continued in life-saving service to country.
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Running the mess hall operation sounded like safe duty during the Korean War. Until Horace Mann found out where that kitchen was.
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Jim Graves of Shreveport was on glide path to retirement from the U. S. Air Force Reserves.  As a colonel, he was on his la…
ELM GROVE, La. -- Dale Hubbard was part of a band of brothers who joined the Marines. His older brother went in before him. Two younger brothe…
ELM GROVE, La. -- Dale Hubbard was part of a band of brothers who joined the Marines. His older brother went in before him. Two younger brothe…
QUEEN CITY, Texas -- Growing up during World War II made John Fox dream of becoming a pilot. It would become a tough journey, with no college …
HALLSVILLE, Tx -- When Sid Stafford signed up for the Army, he figured he'd just serve for a year. Then the attack on Pearl Harbor happened. A…
ATLANTA, Texas -- Bobby Smith was training for anti-aircraft artillery. Then the Korean War ended in 1953. And the Army found a new job for him.
ATLANTA, Texas -- It happened fast for Alleck Bohuslav. He went from farm boy in south Texas, to the Phillipines as a crew chief in the Army C…
TEXARKANA, Texas -- Ben Nash will soon celebrate a big birthday, turning 101. We went to visit so he could tell us about when he was not yet 2…
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Bobby Edwards remembers when his family had to use the back door of restaurants, and had to step aside on sidewalks.
BOSSIER CITY, La. -- People who join the military will tell you that the military becomes family. Frank and Holly Junge took that to heart.
DODSON, La. -- Born on the 4th of July, World War II veteran Wayne Skains just celebrated his 95th birthday. But he has memories of when he wa…
COUSHATTA, La. -- Jim Brown Jr. roamed the high seas amid tensions in the Middle East during some of his long Navy career.
BOSSIER CITY, La. -- After about a three-month break due to the coronavirus, our Hometown Patriot series is back. And so is Pleasant Burns. He…
MARSHALL, Texas -- If given the choice of whether to go back into a war zone, what would you say? For Ted Beauchamp, it was a quick yes during…
KEATCHIE, La. - It was a busy 13 months for Jerry Wilcoxen in the Vietnam War. The Marine fought in 22 campaigns, including what he calls "the…
IDA, La. -- Officially, Rich Arnold and his Army unit were not in the Vietnam War. But indeed they were -- in a secret operation against the enemy.
Don Wooten pulled a hat trick in the Vietnam War. He flew three different aircraft. But he remembers that one time in one of those planes when…
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Tommy Williams was a youngster growing up in Highland, playing some basketball outside, when a sight and a sound gave him a…
SHREVEPORT, La. -- He fixed it all, from aircraft to chow hall equipment. And for some of his Air Force career, Elbert Minniefield was our mil…
BOSSIER CITY, La. -- Gordon Blackman flew a hundred mid-air refueling missions in the Vietnam War. But one of them turned into a surprise resc…
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Jim Holden admits he was headed down the wrong path as a teenager in Hoboken, New Jersey. He would take a turn that landed …
SHREVEPORT, La -- As we open African American History Month, let's meet Versa Clark. He joined the Air Force right out of the now closed Georg…
SHREVEPORT, La. -- We're celebrating another happy 100th birthday for a veteran in our area. Odis Bullard of Shreveport served during World War II.
SHREVEPORT, La. -- It helped having a stepdad who was a World War I veteran. Bob Potter was prodded from a two-room schoolhouse out in Wyoming…
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Glen Kinsey turned wrenches in his dad's auto body shop growing up. So the Air Force put him to work doing heavy maintenanc…
SHREVEPORT, La. -- World War I had just ended when Elmo Rogers was born in Bienville Parish. He would later fight in World War II, and live on…
This was year nine of our weekly Hometown Patriot series. And we continue to be amazed at the veterans we meet. Let's take a look back some fr…
SHREVEPORT, La. -- William Ford jokes that he arrived in Shreveport with matching luggage -- two grocery bags. Everything he had was in them. …
With the Christmas season here, we honor a man in Christ -- and war veteran -- Dr. John Dansby.
OIL CITY, La. -- Drafted into Army and heading off to the Vietnam War in 1969 was life changing -- in more ways than one -- for the man in Oil…
HAUGHTON, La. -- Running around with his crowd in Baltimore and failing in school, Bill Palmer says he needed to leave and make a life. He cou…
LAKE CHEROKEE, Texas - Ed Holley's plane didn't have the moves of a jet like in the movie "Top Gun" to avoid enemy fire. But he put his big, s…
FRIERSON, La. -- Joe Cobb had no choice about going into the Army when he was drafted during the Vietnam War at age 18. He says he was fortuna…
MARSHALL, Texas - Veterans Day was established 100 years ago when it was first known as Armistice Day. Something else happened then, too. This…
SHREVEPORT La. -- What happened to some of those ol' classmates of yours? Jon Coleman filled people in on what he did in the Navy. The retired…
SHREVEPORT, La. -- A desire to fly and take on new challenges led Bob Elder to devote his life to the U.S. Air Force. He retired as a lieutena…
BOSSIER CITY La -- Working on cars at a service station after high school gave Bill Quinn a bit of an introduction to mechanics. He got a bigg…
CHOUDRANT La -- They weren't bombers. They weren't fighters. Jay Vinyard flew unarmed cargo planes on supply missions in World War II.
SHREVEPORT La -- Sam Crownover recently got a bucket list ride in a hot air balloon. And at age 91, he's still getting around well -- especial…
HAUGHTON La -- A triple headed-monster. That's what they called pilots who were also rated as a navigator and radar bombardier, like retired A…
MINDEN, La -- His bomber was going down. And if Travis Moore and the crew survived a rough landing, what lied ahead was going to be rough, too.
TEXARKANA Tx -- Heath Shumate was already set for marine boot camp at this time in 2001. Then on September 11, he turned on the television and…
Bob Lewis survived attacks on his air base in the Vietnam War. And he believes he knows why. So he made a lasting symbol.
Almost 27 years in the Air Force -- including a lot of combat missions in the sky -- still isn't enough for Ken Koval. He stills finds lots of…
BROKEN BOW Ok -- Jimmy Burrell's life nearly ended on the battlefield in Germany in World War II. But thanks to one soldier, he made it back h…
You may know retired Brigadier General Peyton Cole as a former commander at Barksdale Air Force Base, and a go-to expert for us when it comes …
Lives lost at war are a grim reality. We lost more than 58,000 just in the Vietnam War. But Don Beasley's mission was about saving lives at wa…
RUSTON La. -- One more more look back at the Apollo 11 mission 50 years ago. This one through the lens -- you might say -- of another Hometown…
As we celebrate the incredible achievement of 50 years ago this week of Apollo 11, we meet a Shreveport veteran who lent a hand on that first …
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