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Norco vet received Silver Star for heroic actions in Vietnam

October 27, 2020 Monique Roth

Stafford Jackson’s 22 years of service in the United States Army garnered him many medals and awards, the highest of which being The Silver Star for his actions in the Vietnam War. […]

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Vet who witnessed terms of 18 presidents turns 100

July 29, 2020 Monique Roth

She was born in the year women gained the right to vote and in the decade of the Great Depression. She has witnessed the terms of 18 U.S. Presidents, and in the first decade of her life the television was invented. […]

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Time with Green Berets shapes veteran’s outlook

July 25, 2020 Ryan Arena

Faith was what guided Al Cutno through his darkest time.

The LaPlace man faced death while serving his country Vietnam as a member of the U.S. Army’s Green Beret Special Forces, spending a tour there each year spanning from 1963 to 1968. Thousands of American troops were killed in the conflict. […]

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Veterans appeal to council for new memorial location – again

November 20, 2019 Anna Thibodeaux

What started as a routine government buildings report over the planned site for a St. Charles Parish memorial and community park again drew opposition from area military veterans. […]

Obituaries

Arthur “Mutsy” Elmore Gassen, Jr.

June 26, 2019 heraldguide

Arthur “Mutsy” Elmore Gassen, Jr. a 95-year-old native and resident of Luling, LA passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019 surrounded by his devoted family.  Arthur, a true gentleman and family man, is survived by […]

News

Vietnam vet, Luling man fondly remembered after accident

June 10, 2019 Ryan Arena

Many in St. Charles Parish were hit hard by the news that John Collins of Luling had been seriously injured in an accident on Highway 90 last Friday, when his bicycle and a vehicle collided in front of Winn Dixie in Luling. […]

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WWII vet stays on the move

April 15, 2019 Ryan Arena

Though he just celebrated his 97th birthday, Ellis Verdin shows zero signs of slowing down. […]

News

Des Allemands Army vet calls amputation a good thing

January 28, 2019 Ryan Arena

People ask Juanita Partain if she gets depressed after the amputation of her right leg two years ago, but the 57-year-old U.S. Army veteran and Des Allemands woman is anything but. […]

Sports

A Veteran angler

November 22, 2018 heraldguide

Randy “Peg” Vernor (left) with Lawrence Olinde, holding a big catfish caught in Lake Cataouatche in appreciation of Veteran’s Day. […]

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