Tag: U.s. Navy
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Denver area vets share how the service changed their lives
When two dozen Colorado veterans gathered for lunch on a national holiday honoring their military service, they recounted experiences that ranged from combat action in some of the Vietnam War’s most notorious battles, to mundane tours on Army and air bases in the far reaches of the Pacific Northwest and the Deep South. But although…
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Colorado sailor killed during Pearl Harbor attack to be buried at national cemetery
Eighty years after a World War II sailor from Colorado died at Pearl Harbor, his remains are finally being laid to rest. The life of Water Tender First Class Milo Phillips, who was killed in the infamous attack on Dec. 7, 1941, will be buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu…