Paw Patrol coordinator, Kayla Johnson went above and beyond for a homeless veteran and his two dogs, a Jack Russell named Rascal and a Boxer named Susie. Navy Veteran, Jim, had to sell his home in June 2021 to pay his bills. He moved into a motel with his two dogs. He...
The Town of Warrenton’s annual Christmas parade down Main Street will be held 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2. Premiere Hospitality in Marshall will produce the event. The parade will proceed on the same route along Main Street as it has in the past, and will be accepting...
The Hero’s Bridge Guardians of Freedom is a collection of images portraying our local veterans, in many cases holding an image from their time in service. We welcome veterans to reach out and sit for a portrait. We welcome businesses to sponsor this gallery of...
On a beautiful late summer day in August, 91-year-old Korean War Army Veteran, Larry Corbin did something he hadn’t done in 75 years: flew in a small Warbird aircraft, a Fairchild UC-61, which happened to be just one year younger than him. “Not long after WWII, I was...
We are so fortunate to have a wonderful military museum in our backyard! Our guides today were two Cold War veterans, Bryan Zwanzig and Michael Washvill, who worked at Vint Hill Farms Station during the Cold War. The Cold War Museum was founded in 1996 by Francis Gary...
Sara Eisele is a film major at Drexel University in Philadelphia and took a spring semester class called DNEWS. The goal of the course was to learn the basics of producing and writing news segments for multiple platforms. Her interest in Hero’s Bridge came from...
Beth Shubert is looking forward to introducing her two-year-old Pitbull-Boxer Carson to our veterans. “She’s still a little too active and excited to meet people. She’s getting more training before we join the Paw Patrol program.” In the...
DALLAS – Today, the George W. Bush Institute announced the 2022 class selected to participate in the Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program, a first-of-its-kind initiative aimed at individuals serving our Nation’s veterans who are motivated to broaden their...
In April 2022, Hero’s Bridge welcomed our volunteers to the Hero’s Bridge office for an appreciation reception. Our office manager, Shanna, assembled a fitting program to recognize the hard work of each of our volunteers. All the time our volunteers are...
Young and old walked, rode and drove Monday morning to Culpeper National Cemetery for the first public Memorial Day Service since 2019. Hundreds of patriotic Americans stood and sat in the historic burial ground to remember and honor the men and women who died in...
At the time of our call, Chrys Morris was packing up brownies and peanut cookies for the veterans and residents at the Villa at Suffield Meadows. Exposure to COVID-19 had her miss the monthly social hour hosted by Hero’s Bridge and VFW Post 9835 later that day,...
Al Kincaid was drafted into the military in the 1960s. Born and raised in Alaska, he attended college in southern California. “The Army and Marine Corps were drafting people to Vietnam. I didn’t want to do either, so I joined the Navy to see the world. I spent four...
Hearlie Hendricks was overwhelmed with emotion when he learned that he was the recipient of a new roof to replace his old, weathered one. Veterans like Hendricks is precisely who Al Kincaid was looking to help when he, his son, Adam, and family friend, Brian Bauer,...
Host of Vietnam Veteran News, Mack Payne, shares stories from the brave men who served in Vietnam re-tells the Hero’s Bridge piece about Air Force Veteran Col. Khoenke and adds in his own experiences.
In our September 2021 newsletter, we featured Paw Patrol volunteer Nick Travis. During the telling of his story, he shared information about his girlfriend whose rescued greyhound offered comfort to Nick when he needed it most. It was the catalyst for Nick looking...
Register for the 5K now! Registration is now open for our Vietnam Veterans 5K run/walk. Registration will remain open throughout March, but don’t delay, space is limited! Last year we had runners and walkers in nearly every U.S. state. Help us check them all off...
While all eyes were on the Vietnam theatre in 1971, the Russians hoped to take advantage of the situation and trained their scopes on the eastern United States’ coastline. Aware of Russian interests, Naval Weather Aerographer, Peggy Hembree, stationed in the Icelandic...
This year Hero’s Bridge received a generous donation of gift bags to distribute to our veterans for Valentine’s Day. In appreciation of this kind offering, we would like to introduce Bobby’s Valentines to Hero’s Bridge supporters. Bobby Bager wasn’t an athletic child,...
Molly Brooks wasn’t at her father’s side when he died in 2016. It’s a memory that continues to haunt her. A 23-year career military retiree and Vietnam veteran, Raymond Gustin USMC, MSgt, suffered from the effects of Agent Orange exposure. He was 71 when he went to...
A small bottle of Evan Williams bourbon and a pumpkin pie sit on the table; a gift waiting to be given to an aging veteran. Our volunteers don’t usually bring alcohol to veterans but in Charlie’s case it kept him from paying an...