Jerry Lujan Honor Flight Network is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing military veterans with honor and closure. The Honor Flight Network’s mission is to fly veterans to Washington DC to visit their memorials. First organized in 2005, Honor Flight is a national network with more than 135 hubs across the U.S. Honor Flight…
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Clubs & Classes, April 2018
Calling all WWII Veterans
Larry Linderman The SaddleBrooke World War II Roundtable is a group of folks interested in exploring all aspects of WWII. We have had presentations by members of the Roundtable on such topics as the Normandy invasion, General McCarthur, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the great tank battles in Russia, the role of American women…
Generals, March 2018
The “Wall That Heals” coming to Oro Valley
Ken Robinson, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (Ret.) The Wall That Heals, the largest traveling scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC along with a Mobile Education Center, is coming to Oro Valley, AZ March 15-18. The site will be open 24 hours a day and is free to the public.…
Generals, March 2018
Death and survivor benefits seminar for vets
Ed Davis This benefits seminar is presented by members of the American Legion Oro Valley Post 132. It will cover all ceremonial and burial benefits available to veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces as well as benefits to which their surviving family members are entitled. Free to all veterans and their spouses or next…
Clubs & Classes, February 2018
The WWII Roundtable presents Allied bombing against Germany
Larry Linderman US Army Air Force and England’s Bomber Command teamed up to rain death and destruction like the world had never before seen on Nazi Germany during the last two years of World War Two. While the Allies attacked German war production facilities, train yards, troop concentrations, harbors, airfields and other military targets…
Generals, January 2018
The Wall That Heals is coming to Oro Valley
Pat Cox The Wall That Heals is a scaled replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. and will be coming to Canada del Oro Riverfront Park in Oro Valley on March 15 through 18, 2018. It honors more than three million Americans who served in the Vietnam War and bears the names of…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
SaddleBrooke World War II Roundtable discussion topics
Larry Linderman Of all the wars in history, World War II was the most horrific. Nearly 80 million people perished either from battlefield injuries, disease or starvation brought on by the conflict. In Russia nearly 30 million died while the U.S. lost over 400,000. The SaddleBrooke World War II Roundtable studies the war once a…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Veterans learn about Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery
Colonel Rett Benedict (U.S.A.F. Retired) Ms. Bonnie Dudelston, the Administrator of the Arizona Veterans Cemetery at Marana was the speaker at our meeting on Saturday, November 18, 2017, and gave an excellent talk on the 32 acre facility that opened last year. The Marana Veterans Cemetery is one of the newest of the 105 state…
Sports, December 2017
Softball salute for Veterans Day
Jonathan Green Saturday, November 11, 2017 – A veterans’ salute and three tournament softball games made for a great day at SaddleBrooke Stadium for hundreds of fans, players and volunteers. The SaddleBrooke Senior Softball Association (SSSA) event, sponsored by Andy’s Irrigation and Kristy McInnes, Tierra Antigua Realty, replaced SSSA’s usual Thanksgiving tournament since Veterans Day…
Generals, December 2017
Veterans Day – Honoring all who served
Kathy Doran SaddleBrooke Two Patrol once again organized a beautiful tribute to veterans Saturday, November 11 in front of the MountainView Bistro. Pastor Ron Gannett, of the Community Church at SaddleBrooke, opened with a word of prayer followed with a heartfelt presentation by one of our parishioners, Lieutenant General Leo Pigaty, retired. We salute you—and…