Veterans
The latest Veterans coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Local section.
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After 9/11 terrorist attacks, duty called veteran Michael Light to return to combat at age 49
When the first plane struck the World Trade Center, Michael Light figured it was an accident. But he knew something was wrong as he watched the news and a second aircraft hit the twin towers, followed by others crashing into the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.
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An avid writer, Mike Mahn kept a journal every day while serving in Vietnam
Mike Mahn kept a journal during his entire stint in Vietnam. He started writing in it on the first day of his deployment and wrote in it on his last.
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Lloyd Miller inspires generations of military service
Lloyd Miller was 21 when he received a draft notice in 1951, during the Korean War.
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As a search-and-rescue swimmer, Don Martin Raymond saw 27 countries in Navy
Don Martin Raymond was meant to be in the military. It was just a matter of which branch he chose.
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Grundy County’s Creighton brothers had more than a century of combined military service
Two surviving brothers recall family's history in uniform
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U.S. Navy veteran Patty Parks pushes back against stigma of female veterans
Patty Parks was raised in the U.S. Navy. She was born on the Navy's birthday in a naval hospital in Tennessee in 1952.
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Navy medic Carl Morgan saw action in biggest naval battle of World War II
Carl Morgan, 97, has become something of a celebrity at his local Costco. He's not one to brag about it, so his daughter does it for him.
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Harold Boozer worked at Pentagon after service in Vietnam
Fifty-two Veterans Days have come and gone since Harold Boozer left Dian, Vietnam, as a major in the First Infantry Division of the U.S. Army.
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Returning to base: World War II pilot Ed Ryon relies on faith and family for strength
When Ed Ryon and his classmates at Tyner High School graduated in 1941, they didn't have to decide what to do with their lives.
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Vietnam veteran Aubie Camp recalls prayer answered during battle on Hill 22
Aubie Camp is convinced a prayer he said before daylight on Oct. 30, 1965, on Hill 22 during the Vietnam War saved his life.
