They went on night patrols wearing helmets and full field equipment. They learned how to throw a grenade and dig a trench. They were involved in a deadly nighttime firefight and got as close to action in the Vietnam War as they will ever get. And they did it all from the safety of a local classroom. ...more

November 11, 2009

They went on night patrols wearing helmets and full field equipment. They learned how to throw a grenade and dig a trench. They were involved in a deadly nighttime firefight and got as close to action in the Vietnam War as they will ever get. And they did it all from the safety of a local classroom. ...more

November 10, 2009

VETERANS GROUPS This Week DINNER AND KARAOKE: AMVETS Post 16, 9638 State Road 52 in Hudson, will host dinner and karaoke from 3 to 6 p.m. today. The cost for dinner is $6.50. For information, call (727) 868-7391. ...more

February 8, 2009

The Veterans Council of Hillsborough County conducted the quarterly Field of Honor Ceremony on Jan. 10 at Veteran's Memorial Regional Park. ...more

February 4, 2009

Valrico resident Frank Strom, manager for Hillsborough County Veterans Affairs and a retired Marine, and his 6-year-old son, Joshua, a kindergartner at Cimino Elementary School in Valrico, planted flags representing fallen servicemen and women at the Jan. 10 Field of Honor Ceremony hosted by the Vietnam Veterans of America at the Veterans Memorial Museum and Park. ...more

February 4, 2009

VETERANS GROUPS This Week DINNER AND KARAOKE: AMVETS Post 16, 9638 State Road 52, Hudson, will host a dinner and karaoke from 2 to 5 p.m. today. The cost for dinner is $6.50. For information, call (727) 868-7391. ...more

February 1, 2009

Things To Do is a list of some interesting upcoming events. Today A Rose Is A Rose ...more

January 7, 2009

A flag ceremony at Pasco-Hernando Community College will help launch observances of Veterans Day. The public is invited to the event at 4:30 p.m. Monday, the afternoon before Veterans Day, Tuesday, Nov. 11, a college spokeswoman, Courtney Boettcher, reports. ...more

November 8, 2008

Pasco County community calendar items. ...more

September 6, 2008

Tom Hall's life has taken many turns in the past 40 years. Among other things, the Valrico resident married his wife, Peggy. He raised two sons, one a teacher, the other a sheriff's deputy in Columbia, Mo. And the native Midwesterner and his wife moved to Valrico in 1999, where Hall has been active in the Tampa Bay and national chapters of Vietnam Veterans of America. ...more

May 24, 2008