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Friends mourn 'last of the great old ghost masters'

Rubber snakes and monsters showed up when the lights went out at magician Harry Wise's "Ghost Show." The vaudeville-style horror, magic and weird antics were part of a popular road show that swept the country through the early 1960s. Dubbed the "last ...

From AUDREY PARENTE, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  21 Nov 2009

Art League's director emeritus dies

Nova Scotia native and artist Ruth Benn Kaplan arrived at the Art League of Daytona Beach during the mid-1980s. She was tapped to be director of the struggling nonprofit gallery/studio and created her best work -- a thriving, self-sustaining art ...

From AUDREY PARENTE, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  12 Nov 2009

Retired general against more troops in Afghanistan

DAYTONA BEACH -- A former high-ranking Army general here for a Veterans Day speech said Wednesday he thinks no more troops should be committed in Afghanistan. While flags waved at other ceremonies around Volusia and Flagler counties, Retired Army Brig. ...

From AUDREY PARENTE, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  12 Nov 2009

2-day assistance service available for disabled vets

Are you among America's 2.1 million disabled veterans confused about GI benefits and services? Or are you a family member of a disabled veteran needing entitlement information or help filing claims? You can get some free assistance Friday and Saturday ...

From AUDREY PARENTE, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  12 Nov 2009

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Local women remember service with pride

Among the Veterans Day services in the U.S. capital today, one will be near the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery, at the Women in Military Memorial. The service will be dedicated to the nearly 2 million women who have served in this country's ...

From AUDREY PARENTE, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Arlington National Cemetery,  Morgan Williams,  Veterans of Foreign Wars,  Columbia University,  Ohio State University

A star among us

An occasional series featuring stories of military men and women far from home and their loved ones here. Today, we speak with Marine Master Sgt. Scott J. Zender, 43, a Bronze Star recipient. He recently returned from his second tour of duty in Iraq. ...

From AUDREY PARENTE, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Iraqi Army,  US Marine Corps,  Terry Griffiths

'Our kids needed the best medical care'

One image stays with Pat Warner from her Vietnam service. It happened during the Tet Offensive that began during the early morning hours of Jan. 31, 1968 -- the first day of the New Year on the traditional lunar calendar, and an important Vietnamese ...

From AUDREY PARENTE, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  8 Nov 2009

Sisters In Arms

On Wednesday, a country at war honors its nearly 25 million living veterans. Almost 2 million of them are women. Stories abound about the courage of women at war. Women pretended to be men on Civil War battlefields. Their heroism as nurses and in other ...

From AUDREY PARENTE, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  8 Nov 2009

'I found nursing; I found my future'

Marching, learning to handle gas masks and the rest of basic Army training at the Women's Army Corps' "Tent City" in Daytona Beach seemed like an adventure to Dottie Halevy. It was the first time she had ever been out from under her mother's strict ...

From AUDREY PARENTE, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  8 Nov 2009

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'I think we saved a lot of lives'

The hospital at Da Nang, Vietnam, where incoming wounded were treated, was outfitted for battle. "We rigged bunkers under our beds," said Joan McIntyre of Orange City, a Connecticut native who grew up in California. She joined the Navy during the mid-1 ...

From AUDREY PARENTE, Daytona Beach News-Journal,  8 Nov 2009

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