WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A Kansas veteran who flew Army helicopters in Vietnam transported troops and trained pilots during his year overseas. Pratt native Greg Lesh joined the Army in 1969 after ...
In 1968, Kathy Shore volunteered to serve as an Army nurse at a front-line hospital during the Vietnam War. Back then, she was freshly 21 years old — and wholly unprepared. Having just completed a ...
(WHTM) — As we continue our series, “Veterans Voices,” we meet a Midstate man credited with preventing a catastrophe in Vietnam. Rick Olson of Silver Spring Township, Cumberland County, had a ...
Vietnam War veteran James Urbanek, who served during the height of the war, said he made it back alive because he took charge of his life. “I didn’t follow orders too well,” he recalled. “If I knew ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – One Kansas veteran was an Air Force asset on the ground in Vietnam, and later served the country in the Army National Guard and Air National Guard. “We didn’t have a whole lot ...
State leaders react to news of Expand Energy moving headquarters ...
The Kansas Office of Veterans Services says it’s great to salute those who serve the nation.
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — John K. Newmann was still just a kid when he joined the U.S. Navy in 1965, prior to graduation from NW Classen High, eager to do his part to win a war. “I felt like that’s why ...