Veterans Park in Lake Forest is complete after improvements were made to the park, formerly known as Village Pond Park, and statues were added honoring the five branches of the military.
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Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Government, Irvine, Politics & Elections, Top Stories
Possible Veteran & Civilian Cemetery in Anaheim Prompts OC Supervisor Clash
The county is transferring property on the eastern edge of Anaheim for potential development as a veterans and civilian cemetery. Supervisors clashed over whether it would let Irvine “off the hook” for a proposed veterans cemetery at the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro.
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Orange County Honors Veterans at Heroes Hall
Orange County residents gathered Saturday, Nov. 10, to honor veterans at the Heroes Hall in Costa Mesa and to celebrate the Marine Corps 243rd birthday.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Voice of OC: Series on Veterans Memorial Plaques at Heroes Hall
Voice of OC has published a series in our opinion section of some of Orange County’s most notable veterans who received the highest honors the U.S. military bestows on soldiers for their heroic actions in combat. Plaques honoring these individuals are showcased at Heroes Hall at the Orange County Fairgrounds.
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In Memory: Worst Air Disaster in OC History
This Veterans Day Voice of OC is publishing the most recent plaques on display at Heroes Hall honoring some of Orange County’s most decorated veterans. The most recent plaque was erected to honor the 84 men who were killed when the plane transporting them to Viet Nam crashed into Loma Ridge after take off from El Toro Marine Air Station on June 25, 1965.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide
Okamoto: US Army, Distinguished Service Cross, Vietnam War
Judge Vincent Okamoto is the most highly decorated Japanese American from the Vietnam war. Judge Okamoto’s parents were taken from Costa Mesa during World War II and interned in Poston, Arizona where he was born.
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Hogan: U.S. Marine Corps, Navy Cross, Afghanistan
The President of the United States of America presented the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Lance Corporal Donald J. Hogan, United States Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism in action during Operation Enduring Freedom-Afghanistan.
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Masuda: U.S. Army, Distinguished Service Cross, WWII
Kazuo Masuda was an Orange County resident who received posthumously the Distinguished Service Cross in 1945. Masuda was a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and died while defending his men during an escape while fighting the enemy alone. His family was taken from Orange County and placed in a Japanese Interment Camp during the war. But this horrible injustice did not deter him from fighting for his country so heroically.
Posted inAnaheim, Government, Irvine, Top Stories
Irvine Planning Commission Expedites Veterans Cemetery Reports
The Irvine Planning Commission wants to send the City Council as fast as possible all available environmental reports and any potential development contracts in or near the Great Park that could affect development of a veterans cemetery.
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Anaheim Oks Study of Potential Veterans Cemetery in Anaheim Hills
The city of Anaheim will study the use of a 280-acre county-owned property in Anaheim Hills for a countywide veterans cemetery, after the City Council voted unanimously to work with the county and other interest groups on a feasibility study.
