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"I Walked With Heroes" tells the story of a local WWII vet. Filmmaker Andre Degas joins us to talk about it.
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Since 2011 a national nonprofit has been offering flights in an old Boeing Steadman biplane to seniors and veterans, providing them with a thrilling reminder of the past. Page Field in Fort Myers is one of their regular stops.
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Ground was broken Wednesday in Charlotte County for the Beirut Peacekeepers Tower at the William R. Gaines Jr. Veterans Memorial Park.The tower will memorialize the 241 Americans killed 40 years ago in the Oct. 23, 1983, bombing of the U.S. Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War.
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"I Walked With Heroes" tells the story of a local WWII vet. Filmmaker Andre Degas joins us to talk about it.
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On Monday a group of about 30 Florida Power & Light employees, friends and neighbors donated their time of decorate the Port Charlotte home of Leah and Justin Hessinger and their children, Faith, 14, and Carter, 5.
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WGCU offers radio, TV programming for Veterans Day 2022
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Veterans Day didn’t start out honoring all veterans. It began as Armistice Day, which first was celebrated on Nov. 11, 1919, one year after the fighting in World War I ceased. The name changed in 1954, when the holiday honored veterans of all wars.
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Military veterans could qualify for temporary teaching certificates in public schools in Florida. A new law is attempting to provide ways to ease the teacher shortage.
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An encore broadcast of our 2014 conversation about the unique contributions to defeating German forces in WWII by members of the Ghost Army. On Feb. 1, President Joe Biden signed into law the “Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Act,” to honor and recognize their contributions.
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Damien Luten was shot in the leg while serving in the U.S. Army. Back in the United States, he turned his passion for photography into a career.