Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3494 will hold its first annual Military Services Walk A Thon on Saturday, Oct. 5. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Madison High School’s football field, 600 Esley Lane, Mansfield. All funds generated from the event will be used to make a difference for veterans and active […]
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Commanders pass the torch at the 179th Airlift Wing
Lt. Col. Daniel Tack was sworn in as Commander of the 179th Mission Support Group with the Mansfield Lahm Airport, relieving Col. Lindsey Whitehead from that position on Friday morning with the symbolic changing of the command. Tack has been in the military for 16 years and has been at the Mansfield Lahm base since […]
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Panther Racing shares a message with Girl Scouts
Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Ohio National Guard Ohio’s Heartland Girl Scout Council Panther Racing Earlier in the week, National Guard Indy driver Oriol Servia and John Barnes, CEO of Panther Racing, visited at the 179th Airlift Wing. Then on Saturday Ohio Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst met Girl Scouts at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car […]
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Ohio National Guard members get Indy experience at Mid-Ohio
COLUMBUS — Panther Racing will recognize the Ohio National Guard during the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Challenge and The Honda Indy® 200 at Mid-Ohio this weekend, August 1-4, 2013. A series of events known as the Indy Racing League National Guard Experience is designed to increase awareness and community involvement with the National Guard. Events will be […]
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Korean War ceremony marks veteran’s heroism, service
Gray clouds might have rained out the parade, but the spirit inside Mansfield Amvets Post 26 was anything but dampened. Saturday morning rain brought on a cancelation of a 10:30 a.m. parade celebrating and marking the 60th year of the Korean Armistice Agreement. The 11 a.m. ceremony scheduled to follow was moved from the downtown […]
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Ohio National Guard celebrates 225th birthday
This week the Ohio National Guard celebrated two and a quarter centuries of service. Founded in 1778 in Marietta, the Ohio National Guard roots go back to the early colonial tradition of Citizen-Soldiers providing local protection and law enforcement. “The Ohio National Guard has a rich history of serving the community, state and nation, since […]
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Local Korean War vet holds deep appreciation for service
“It isn’t all fighting when you are in the military,” said Korean War Vet David Dalton of Mansfield. Dalton, originally from Hayesville, enlisted in the Navy Reserves January 1952 at the age of 19. Inspired by the unexpected death of friend Ken Metsger who was killed after a brief time engaged on the front lines, […]
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Korean War veterans remember and continue to serve
After World War II, the Korean peninsula was divided in two by the 38th parallel. The Soviet Union occupied the Northern zone, and the U.S. occupied the south. As ideologies clashed between both zones, so did instability. On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations condemned this invasion offensive and soon […]
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Korean War veterans to be honored Saturday
There are 1,164 living Korean War Veterans in Richland County today; and on Saturday, those veterans will be honored during a parade and ceremony in Mansfield. The parade marks the 60th anniversary of the conflict’s end and will be led by the Korean War Veterans Association Chapter 51 Color Guard. “It’s the forgotten war. I […]
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Golf Tournament to benefit military families
Mansfield Lahm Military Families (MLMF) is hosting a Scholarship Golf Tournament in September. The tournament will be held at the Shelby Country Club, located at 3885 Laser Road in Shelby, on Friday, September 6. The entrance fee for participation in the tournament is $70 per person and proceeds will go towards the MLMF Scholarship Fund […]