SHREVEPORT, La. -- Thirty years ago at this time, the U.S. had launched the air war against Iraq in Operation Desert Storm.

DOYLINE, La. -- Some of you may know him by his stage name of Danny Alan, a gospel singer and songwriter, and poet. Before achieving that fame…

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Medford Carter was rocked with a surprise while he was assigned to Barksdale Air Force Base. Across the way in Shreveport, …

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Bruce Allen did not know J.C. Williams was a fellow veteran when they first met. But that bond helped form a meaningful fri…

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Frostbite. That'll hurt. Could even cost you a hand or a foot.

SHREVEPORT, La. -- Prayer. A good luck charm. Whatever it took, Charles Sherrer used it to come home from the Korean War, and one of the most …

SHREVEPORT, La. -- As a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Screamin' Eagles in 1967, Steve Best thought he knew what he was in for at the hei…

COUSHATTA, La. -- The gift of patriotic themed quilts brought tears to the eyes of a former Marine.

BENTON, La. -- Charles Evans had a job to do in World War II: help build a base for some specialized aircraft on an island in the south Pacific.

BOSSIER CITY, La. -- As we prepare to celebrate Veterans Day, we'd like you to know about five brothers who all served in World War II. "The F…

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 teenag…

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…

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…

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…

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…