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SPRING LAKE – Dozens of people gathered to pause and reflect on the service and sacrifices of veterans during Spring Lake’s annual Veterans Day ceremony on Friday.
“From the jungles of Vietnam to the rocky steeps of Afghanistan, from Pork Chop Hill to Persian Gulf, from Bastogne to Baghdad, there were soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines that have borne America’s wars and continue to stand watch,” said Eric Nilsen, quartermaster of Spring Lake Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4542.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Veterans Day is not until Saturday, but many were observing Veterans Days Friday by honoring servicemen and women.
Just outside the U.S. Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville, there is Vietnam Memorial wall.
There are more than 58,000 names on that wall. They’re all fallen soldiers who served in Vietnam.
But there are other soldiers who have fallen through the cracks and are finally being honored.
After more than 70 years, James Kennedy finally received his medal.
“I feel real good about it,” said Kennedy.
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (WTVD) -- Four World War II veterans were honored for their service ahead of Veteran's Day. With the assistance of Rep. Richard Hudson, the Veteran's Legacy Foundation tracked down the military service medals for 95-year-old James Kennedy, 94-year-old John Owen, 90-year-old William Wade and 91-year-old James Harris."I done what I done because I'm a soldier," said James Kennedy.
Kennedy was pinned with a Bronze Star in addition to the World War II medal.
Four World War II veterans were presented with long-overdue World War II Victory medals and service lapel pins on Friday during a Veterans Day ceremony in Fayetteville.
And one of the veterans, retired Army Tech. 4 James W. Kennedy, was also awarded the Bronze Star for his actions during battle in Germany in April 1945.
“I remember that day,” Kennedy, 95, said in an interview. “It was a tough day. From start to finish.”
He said he did “the best I could” during the combat.
WASHINGTON — America’s recent mass shootings have increased pressure from gun-rights advocates to pass the National Rifle Association’s top legislative priority: a bill to make it easier to carry concealed weapons across state lines, the bill’s author said Thursday.
Bipartisanship may be on life support in Washington these days, but two North Carolina congressmen were able to revive it in the ambulance.
Rep. G.K. Butterfield, a Wilson Democrat, and Rep. Richard Hudson, a Concord Republican, are heralding the passage of House Bill 304, the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act.