Memorial Day

Remembering America’s Veterans, Today and Everyday

By JULIE LEOPO | May 27, 2019

Today, tributes are organized, flags will be placed and people will gather at monuments and in backyards to remember and honor those who sacrificed everything.

Kacic: Honoring Those Who Gave The Last Full Measure of Devotion

By E. Kacic | May 27, 2019

Irvine resident E. Kacic reminds us this Memorial Day to honor and remember the great debt we owe to those who died while serving in the US Armed Forces.

Memorial Day: Remember The Sacrifice of Those That Didn’t Make it Back Home

By Theresa Sears | May 27, 2018

This Memorial Day, Voice of OC highlights two local residents awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor – Marine Lance Corporal Kenneth L. Worley (Vietnam) and Navy Petty Officer Michael A. Monsoor (Iraq), who both sacrificed their lives for their country.

Remembering Orange County’s Korean War Casualties

Korean War

By VOICE OF OC | May 24, 2018

Fifty-nine U.S. Military members from Orange County died in the Korean War out of a total 2,611 California casualties, according to the National Archives.

Berardino: Heroes Hall Veterans Museum Honors More Heroes

Opinion

By Nick Berardino | May 28, 2017

Two new members are inducted to the beautiful Walk of Honor at Heroes Hall Museum at the Orange County Fairgrounds. In addition, a plaque will be erected to honor those killed in 1965 when U.S. Air Force C-135 aircraft crashed into Loma Ridge after leaving El Toro Marine Corps Air Station.

Remembering Orange County’s Vietnam War Military Casualties

Countywide

By Tracy Wood | May 27, 2017

This Memorial Day, Voice of OC compiled a list of all 320 Orange County U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War. Read the full list and please remember their sacrifice for all of us.

A High Flyer in WWII, She Fought for Women to be Buried at Arlington

By Tracy Wood | May 29, 2016

More than 70 years ago, Beverly Beesemyer, a 97-year-old Laguna Woods resident, was among the first women to fly military aircraft. In recent years, she has been part of a successful effort to convince Congress that these women deserved to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.