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JC Sullivan
By Jim Riley Sadly, we have to say goodbye to one of our own…. Our good friend and frequent contributor to this paper, John (JC) Sullivan, passed away in Cleveland on September 22, 2024 surrounded by his family. Everyone who met JC will remember his humor, his...
A Connection at the Heart
By Mary Reynolds Powell Author: A World of Hurt: Between Innocence and Arrogance in Vietnam In May, 1971, I was stationed at the 24th Evacuation Hospital in Vietnam. In July 2018, John Schaninger, a patient, found me after securing hospital records for a VA claim. Our...
War Correspondent Shares Stories Soldiers Won’t Tell You
By Nancy Peacock He never fired a weapon. But journalist Kevin Sites is haunted by what it feels like to kill someone in combat. And it is why he felt compelled to write The Things They Cannot Say: Stories Soldiers Won’t Tell You About What They’ve Seen, Done or...
Update: Afghan Allies Await Evacuation
By Jacob Arnett One year ago, I wrote an article for the DD214 Chronicle entitled “Christmas, Afghanistan,” in which I described the perilous situation Afghan translators have faced since the Taliban’s takeover of the country in August 2021. Since then, American...
Lorain County Leads In Veteran Suicide Prevention
By JC Sullivan In May 1886, after the Civil War was over and the US was in the period of reconstruction, the Ohio Legislature created the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Relief Commission. The state legislature felt a need to repay the debt owed to Ohio’s Civil War...
Lou and Browns Fans Resume Their Acquaintance
By Peace Action Cleveland | posted in: Travels With A Peace Flag August 11–For the first time since the last NFL season ended, I was downtown yesterday evening greeting folks headed to Cleveland Browns Stadium, formerly the politically incorrect FirstEnergy Stadium,...
Orange Juice, Memories, Tears & a Salute to the Women of the VietNam War
In 1971, in the life-or-death confines of an intensive care unit of the Army’s 24th Evacuation hospital in Vietnam, a mortally wounded soldier asked nurse Stephanie Genthon for a glass of orange juice. When she told him he couldn’t have anything to drink because of...
AO Cleveland Nov Dec 2024 Events
JC Sullivan
By Jim Riley Sadly, we have to say goodbye to one of our own…. Our good friend...
A Connection at the Heart
By Mary Reynolds Powell Author: A World of Hurt: Between Innocence and...
War Correspondent Shares Stories Soldiers Won’t Tell You
By Nancy Peacock He never fired a weapon. But journalist Kevin Sites is...
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