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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ray Harper remembers World War II while Kaitlyn Kennedy prepares for her boyfriend’s deployment to Afghanistan.
Veterans do not have even their own section in another cemetery. Some local veterans and their families want that to change.
OC does not have resources — like a veterans hospital or
homeless services — that other counties have.
It isn’t just Orange County’s war memorials that don’t get enough attention. More than 3,500 homeless veterans in the county need help that they aren’t getting.