The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its monthly dinner meeting Tuesday, March 20. The meeting will be held at Grandma’s Table Restaurant, 1700 Douglas Road, Montgomery. The after dinner speaker will be Lieutenant Colonel Vincent K. Catich, USAF(Ret.) who will speak on “My 15 Years Flying the U-2
First Lt. Henry W. Flora, a World War II hero, middle, front row, who served with General Douglas MacArthur, celebrates his 100th birthday with 50 family and friends at the Lodge at Laurelwood, 800 N. River Street, Batavia February 17. He contributed significantly to the Army radio communication network that
John Galles, 92, a World War II veteran, conducts a session at Alden of Waterford in Aurora, an assisted living facility, Friday, in a first-person account of his experiences for the benefit of Boys Scouts and Cub Scouts. His talk, among other items, touched on well-known General George Patton. Left,
We are caught in a vicious cycle. With alarming regularity, the nation is being subjected to a spate of violence that terrorizes the public, destabilizes the country’s fragile ecosystem, and gives the government greater justifications to crack down, lock down, and institute even more authoritarian policies for the so-called sake
Mark my words, the United State’s war spending will bankrupt the Nation. For that matter, America’s war spending already has bankrupted the Nation to the tune of more than $20 Trillion. Now the Donald Trump Administration is pushing for a $4.4 Trillion budget for fiscal year 2019 that would add
The Aurora City Council salute to West Aurora High School champions at the Tuesday meeting includes the third-year West Aurora Air Force JROTC program. The drill team unarmed color guard took first place in National competition in Daytona Beach, Fla. in early May as one of 27 schools in the
