How to join the military
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
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Military to civilian life transition, part 2
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
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Flag dedication held for Perez room
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Herman Perez donates a portrait to remember and honor all veterans during a ceremony at Remnant Church...
Nancy Simpson


The Battle of the Balcony
For The Madera Tribune Ben Ducker, left, poses with his son William in 1900, as he holds the shotgun that he used against the U.S,...
Bill Coate
Military to civilian life transition, part 1
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
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Son and two daughters
You would think that if you had two daughters and one son, the son would be the one going into the military. Not in my case. My daughter...
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No one left behind
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
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One son lived; one son died
For The Madera Tribune Navy Blue Angels; 1949. Maderan Raleigh Rhodes is shown third from the right. Welton Rhodes and William O. Justice...
Bill Coate