Terry Brown

Latham

Columnist at Times Union (Albany)

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Duty Calls: Wall That Heals to honor Vietnam veterans with LaSalle visit

1 month ago | timesunion.com | Terry Brown

Digital photo displays of “Hometown Heroes,” service members whose names are on the wall that list their home of record within the area of a visit. Digital photo displays of Vietnam veterans from the local area honored through VVMF’s In Memory program, which honors veterans who returned home from Vietnam and later died.
Duty Calls: North Greenbush veteran leading New York state American Legion

1 month ago | timesunion.com | Terry Brown

Kenneth Governor of North Greenbush is the new commander of the 136,450-member Department of New York American LegionGovernor was elected during the 95th Department Convention, held in Niagara Falls.
Duty Calls: 105th Airlift Wing airman earns top Air Force recruiter award

1 month ago | timesunion.com | Terry Brown

New York Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Franklin Angel has received a Blue Suit Award for being one of the Air Force’s top recruiters. The Blue Suit Award is an Operation Blue Suit annual award program within the Air Force’s active Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve that recognizes top-performing recruiters, according to Senior Airman Sarah Post, a spokeswoman for the 105th Airlift Wing at the Stewart Air National Guard Base, Newburgh.
Duty Calls: Afghanistan War veteran advances to colonel

1 month ago | timesunion.com | Terry Brown

A New York Army National Guard soldier who leads 600 soldiers across the state, including in units in Glenville and Queensbury, has been promoted to colonel. William Snyder of Grand Island, Erie County, was promoted by Maj. Gen. Raymond Shields, state adjutant general, during a ceremony in the historic Connecticut Street Armory in Buffalo. He was promoted in front of his soldiers and his family.
Duty Calls: Hitler’s hat added to Dachau exhibit at NY military museum

2 months ago | timesunion.com | Terry Brown

A significant artifact was added to an exhibit marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Germany’s Dachau Concentration Camp. Hitler’s hat is now on display at the New York State Military Museum and Research Center at 61 Lake Ave., Saratoga Springs. Article continues below this adThe late former Army Pvt. Richard Marowitz of Albany discovered the top hat, with the initials A.H. inside, while searching the dictator’s Munich apartment on April 30, 1945.
Army Maj. James J. O’Donovan died in Philippines POW camp in WWII

2 months ago | timesunion.com | Terry Brown

Army Maj. James J. O’Donovan, a native of Cohoes and a highly decorated soldier, was finally laid to rest 80 years after he died inside the Cabanatuan POW Camp in Bataan, Philippines. O’Donovan, a graduate of La Salle Institute in Troy, was buried with full military honors at the Miramar National Cemetery in San Diego.
Duty Calls: Airmen return to Scotia from supporting Antarctic research

2 months ago | star-telegram.com | Terry Brown

Four hundred airmen of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing have returned to the Stratton Air National Guard Base in Scotia after completing five months of missions in support of science research in the Antarctic. The airmen used five ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules troop-cargo aircraft during 79 missions.
Duty Calls: Saratoga Ladies honors veterans at National Cemetery

Mar 17, 2025 | star-telegram.com | Terry Brown

A corps of women volunteers is ready to add condolences and honor every veteran buried at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville. Those 16 women from Capital Region communities are Saratoga Ladies volunteers led by Theresa Boone of Clifton Park. They are on call for duty during military funerals at the cemetery.
Duty Calls: Saratoga Ladies honors veterans at National Cemetery

Mar 17, 2025 | timesunion.com | Terry Brown

A corps of women volunteers is ready to add condolences and honor every veteran buried at the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville. Those 16 women from Capital Region communities are Saratoga Ladies volunteers led by Theresa Boone of Clifton Park. They are on call for duty during military funerals at the cemetery.
Duty Calls: Malta veterans group needs assistance in building back funds

Feb 10, 2025 | timesunion.com | Terry Brown

Malta Veteran Appreciation Program volunteers are selling $100 bricks. Each brick purchase can commemorate a veteran, help build a veteran memorial park and help finance an emergency fund that provides food, clothes, furniture, household goods, handicap ramps, transportation, and homes for needy Malta area veterans, according to Renee Farley, Malta Veterans Appreciation Program president. “The Malta Veterans Appreciation Program provides charitable support services to veterans,” Farley said.