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Burb's Eye View: Cookies, memories and our local veterans
Doris Vick's dental drill was busted, and the strapping young technician who came to fix it was having a heck of a time. This was one of those foot-pedal-powered drills, she recalls. The World War II-era technology was state of the art at the time; it...Tags: U.S. Army, Veterans Day, PTA, September 11, 2001 Attacks, World War II (1939-1945)
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Residents honor veterans
The band’s final rehearsal at McCambridge Park could be heard a block away, causing drivers to turn their heads or honk, and passersby to pause and take in the scene. More than half the seats set up for Burbank’s Veterans Day Ceremony were...Tags: Human Interest, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Residents give thanks to veterans
BURBANK — Hundreds of residents gathered Monday to honor Burbank servicemen and women who have fought and continue to defend the United States on the battlefields.
During the annual Memorial Day tradition, members of the Burbank Veteran...Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Awards and Prizes, Memorial Day, World War II (1939-1945), Human Interest
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Ceremonies set to honor, remember veterans
While Memorial Day is meant to honor the nation's fallen military heroes, Burbank's ceremony Monday will also recognize local sons and daughters who have made it home safely from their time in the service.
Four Burbank residents completed their tours...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, Holidays, Sunland, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Memorial Day
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Military recruits sworn in at ceremony
Nearly 120 recruits for the Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard were sworn in together Tuesday morning at the Burbank Airport Marriott Hotel — the largest such combined ceremony, organizers said. Celebrities may have brought the...Tags: JAG (tv program), Physical Disabilities, Ceremonies, World War II (1939-1945), Human Interest
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Community thanks veterans
About 300 veterans, family members and local, state and national officials gathered for a Veterans Day ceremony Thursday at McCambridge Park War Memorial and its ever-burning flame in Burbank. Michael Depalo, chairman of Burbank's Veterans Commemorative...Tags: U.S. Army, Veterans Day, Family, World War II (1939-1945), Brad Sherman
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Homeless veterans need housing help
I share L.A. County Supervisor Mike Antonovich's joy at the placement of 1,200 homeless dogs over the past several years ("Political Landscape: Antonovich stands up for furry friends," Nov. 11). I hope he can do the same for homeless people, especially...Tags: Real Estate, Veterans Day, Barack Obama, Glendale (Los Angeles, California), Adam Schiff
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LAPD vet likely to join Burbank
DOWNTOWN — The Burbank Police Department is expected to announce a veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department Robbery-Homicide Division to the post of police captain, sources said. The city is completing a background check on Denis J. Cremins,...Tags: Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Bernard Parks, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles
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Memorial Day about all vets
Vietnam War veteran Mickey DePalo continues to serve his country — and his city — as chairman of the Burbank Veterans Commemorative Committee.
DePalo works with about 14 other members to organize programs for Memorial Day, Veterans Day and...Tags: Kansas, Monuments and Heritage Sites, Holidays, Tourism and Leisure, U.S. Army
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Bliss Memorial Association to celebrate its 122nd Memorial Day service
BLISS -- This year, the Bliss Memorial Association will host the 122nd Memorial Day Service to honor its local veterans. According to Sally Schmalzried, the second vice president of the association, this annual celebration is especially significant since...
Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Holidays
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Former resident stabbed
swaltman@aberdeennews.comA former Aberdeen resident was one of two men stabbed Wednesday morning when a man with a knife broke into a Topeka, Kan., television station. Roger Brokke said the assailant stabbed him in the hip, bit him in the back and hit him. Brokke, 56, is the...Tags: HIV, Television Stations, Emergency Health Procedures, Television Industry, Corporate Officers
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Man breaks into Kansas TV station, stabs 2 employees
A man with a knife burst into a TV station in Topeka, Kansas and stabbed two people.
Officials of station WIBW-TV say the man had a grudge against the Department of Veterans Affairs and he wanted the station to do a news story about it.
The station...Tags: Television Industry, Health, Injuries and Wounds
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