The inaugural exhibit at Heroes Hall, the new veterans’ museum at the Orange County Fairgrounds, features items soldiers carried with them in combat.
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Orange County Heroes Hall opening its first exhibit
This week, the county’s first veterans’ museum – Heroes Hall – formally opens the doors on its first exhibit, The Things They Carried, on Wednesday. Voice of OC produced a […]
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Finally, A Place in OC Veterans Can Call Their Own
After decades of rebuffs by political leaders, Orange County’s military veterans will celebrate the opening of their own museum at the county fairgrounds on Veterans Day.
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Berardino: Dedication of Heroes Hall Veterans Museum this Friday at OC Fairgrounds
The first museum honoring veterans in Orange County finds a home at the former Santa Ana Army Air Base (SAAAB) this Veterans Day Friday at the OC Fairgrounds with a public dedication at 1 p.m. during the annual Veterans & Labor, Partners in Service event.
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Master-At-Arms Second Class Michael A. Monsoor, Medal of Honor: Navy Seal Dies While Saving His Comrades
Without any hesitation and sacrificing his own life, Monsoor threw himself onto the grenade, smothering it to protect his teammates who were all lying together on a nearby rooftop.
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Captain William E. Barber, Medal of Honor: Fought at Iwo Jima
William Barber’s military career spanned four decades and three wars in Asia including Chosin Reservoir campaign of the Korean War.
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Lance Corporal Kenneth L. Worley, Medal of Honor: Gave His Life for his Country
Kenneth Worley died in Vietnam while protecting his fellow Marines by throwing himself on a grenade.
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Specialist Fourth Class John P. Baca, Medal of Honor: Vietnam Vet Protects His Troops
Baca saved the lives of 8 soldiers during a night ambush mission in Phuoc Long Province, Vietnam by his quick actions with complete disregard for his own safety. Of the eleven Orange County Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, Baca is the last survivor.
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Sergeant Chris Carr, Medal of Honor: WWII Hero Battled in Italy
Sergeant Carr was relentless in his pursuit of enemy forces during WWII. He also served in the Korean War.
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Corporal Tibor Rubin, Medal of Honor: Korean War – 1st Cavalry Division
Holocaust survivor Tibor Rubin used his experience in a concentration camp to help boast morale in a POW camp during the Korean War.
