KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — An unexpected surprise from the government and the people of South Korea left one veteran of that war almost speechless. “It just filled my heart, it really did that they thought that much of us,” said Air Force veteran Charles Quagliana displaying his Korean Ambassador for Peace Medal. The gold medal and purple…
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Rain from Hurricane Zeta did not stop Korean War Army Veteran Edward Eugene Bivens and his family from attending the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador For Peace Medal presentation in the Robert “Bob” Hatley Monroe County Veterans Service Center. Mr. Bivens was joined by his immediate family, friends and pastor while Monroe County Mayor Mitch Ingram,…
Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie released the following statement after President Trump signed the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act, into law. “This legislation moves America closer to a goal that all citizens can support: increasing the local resources available to our men and women who answered the call…