Fort Hayes News

Shoppie was born and raised in Commercial Point and lived there for many years of his adult life.

When: 10 a.m. today. Where: East Muskingum Park. Who: Open to the public and sponsored by AMVETS Post 1788.

Herman Zerger has no regrets about sacrificing his youth in exchange for others' freedom more than 60 years ago.

Daniel H. Smith, 32, of Reynoldsburg, died Saturday in a sky-diving accident in Missouri.

It was not the first time the Grand Army of the Republic had held a national convention in Columbus, nor would it be the last.

The members of the 342nd Military Police Company were in Iraq training Iraqi police officers.

"The closest I ever came to dying in the Army was the day I dropped my rifle," Ophinell Davis said.

MANSFIELD -- Raymond Sutter would rather not discuss his age. But he was old enough to join the Army Air Force a couple months before the bombs came raining down on Pearl Harbor.

Today is the 65th anniversary of one of the bloodiest, most pivotal days of World War II.