SHREVEPORT, La. -- Paul Madden was like a lot of young Americans during World War II. He felt like he needed to do his part. And so he volunte…
STONEWALL, La -- Rob Baker had finished his theological studies, and thought he'd be a prison chaplain. Then came a chance to be a chaplain in…
SHREVEPORT, La -- Veterans Day honors at Centenary College are extended to a sailor who served with one of our allies in World War II before h…
BOSSIER CITY, La -- Mike Dillingham was given tons of responsibility as a young Air Force enlistee in 1966, as the U.S. ramped up combat invol…
BOSSIER CITY, La -- Joe Gallucci was a teenager when his family immigrated to New York City from Italy. So later, in 1965, as the U.S. was sen…
LOGANSPORT, La -- Mike Armstrong has made law enforcement his career after getting a start down that road in the military. But there’s somethi…
SHREVEPORT, La -- Meteorology may not be the first job that comes to mind in the military. But as you meet Tim Sloan, you’ll see it’s right up there.
MARSHALL, Texas -- Vernon Lewis, Jr. became the most decorated veteran from Harrison County, Texas, rising to major general, even if a career …
ATLANTA, Tx -- The mayor here is also an Army reservist -- a high ranking officer – Travis Ransom -- who took part in America’s final efforts …
TYLER, Tx -- B. T. Cherry was looking for a way out of Shreveport's Cedar Grove area. His path took him to mountain villages in the Vietnam Wa…
SHREVEPORT, La -- Running with the wrong crowd in Chicago got Don Toppett in front of a judge. He was given a choice: detention or join the military.
SHREVEPORT, La -- Everett Spells had been deployed forward in times of conflict before. Those were to Operation Desert Storm and the war in Ko…
BARKSDALE, AFB, La -- When America was attacked 20 years ago on 9/11, President George W. Bush needed to be protected.
BOSSIER CITY, La -- Grant Rogers was in middle school when America was attacked on 9/11. By the time he got out of high school in West Monroe …
HALL SUMMIT, La -- He began with the National Guard. Then came years as a lawman with Minden Police and the Webster Parish Sheriffs Office. Th…
BIVINS, Tx -- Ron Gipson was focused on his future. He worked as a janitor while living with relatives and going to college part time in Los A…
BOSSIER CITY, La -- Tom Rucker wanted to go to the Vietnam War when he joined the Marines out of Parkway High School in 1972. The war wound do…
GREENWOOD, La -- He’s not the chaplain. But that’s how Harold Woodard is regarded by his old unit from the Vietnam War. He’s taken on a sacred…
SHREVEPORT, La -- What’s a great way to have fun outdoors, get active, and challenge yourself? For a growing number of veterans, it's golf. Th…
BOSSIER CITY, La. -- Big crowds. Like at concerts or ballgames. All that noise. Those are things Butch Saxon says he still tries to avoid more…
BLANCHARD, La -- Robert Jenkins was on an aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin, helping man a gun position, while attack planes were launche…
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MINDEN, La -- Troy Odom was about half way through his studies at Louisiana Tech, when he thought his draft number was coming up. He decided t…
HAUGHTON, La -- On this Father’s Day, especially, Chuck Strozier is remembering words of wisdom from his father, who was a decorated veteran f…
CAMPTI, La -- Anthony Reliford answered a higher calling after leaving the Army. He was a hardened veteran of two wars who had cheated death m…
FRIERSON, La -- Lee Solice was drafted into World War II just after the Allies won victory in Europe, and just as the U.S. took the last islan…
RUSTON, La -- Lavone Chandler says he was a good shot, taking aim at squirrels around the melon farm where he grew up near Ruston.
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Air Force veteran Douglas LaCaze wasn't even trying to talk his way out of a ticket. But a Shreveport police officer talked…
EDGEFIELD, La -- You probably know that tanks come with howitzers -- the big gun in front. But Jack Terrell went off in the Korean War with th…
RUSTON, La -- Lavone Chandler says he was a good shot, taking aim at squirrels around the me…
SHREVEPORT, La. -- Air Force veteran Douglas LaCaze wasn't even trying to talk his way out o…
EDGEFIELD, La -- You probably know that tanks come with howitzers -- the big gun in front. B…
PLAIN DEALING, La -- Fred Woolley's life of service to country continues with service to com…
TEXARKANA, Texas -- Doug Jones' extended family had a revered history of military service. H…
FOUKE, Ark. -- Howard Friday had a couple of older brothers in the Navy who were already in …
