Barton served two tours in Vietnam

Jim Barton, of Arapaho, volunteered for the U.S. Army and served from 1963-66. He served 19 months and one day in Vietnam. During his first tour he was a classified courier and a right door gunner on the Huey helicopter. During his second tour he served as a munitions specialist.

Speakers honor local veterans

Stephanie Taylor, administrator at the Clinton Veterans Center, welcomes the crowd during their Memorial Day service.

Most Navy lodge locations around the world are now taking reservations for leisure travel on a space available basis.

The U.S. Army announced an update to its grooming policy, which now allows female soldiers to wear ponytails in all authorized U.S. Army uniforms.

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, delivered opening remarks this week on the committee’s annual posture hearing for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.

Paying tribute

Virginia Stephens, left, and her son Scott Page listen to the guest speaker during the Memorial Day Service outside the Clinton Veteran’s Center.

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