Tag: WWII

Film Screening Stands Up For Wounded Vets

Film Screening Stands Up For Wounded Vets

| May 15, 2013 | 0 Comments

By Justin Swanson | LB Indy   The Laguna Beach Film Society’s invites the public to attend a special screening of the Oscar-winning movie “The Best Years of Our Lives,” on Thursday, May 23, in recognition of Memorial Day, which falls the following Monday. Actor Michael Hall, who played the son of one of the [...]

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Post Takes Up Recruiting

Post Takes Up Recruiting

| February 20, 2013 | 0 Comments

Editor, All veteran organizations exist to support our Constitution, serve other veterans, the VA hospitals, the active military, and our youth and community. The veterans in the Laguna Beach American Legion Post 222 are the ones who put up the flags around town on patriotic holidays and perform a myriad of other services for veterans [...]

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War-Plane Noise Survivor Dismisses the Fuss

War-Plane Noise Survivor Dismisses the Fuss

| February 6, 2013 | 2 Comments

Editor, The complaints about the airlines flying over Laguna are incorrect in one area. They are not at 7,000 feet altitude. They are at 14,000 feet as they pass over Laguna eastbound. We who were living here in Laguna through WWII and Korea and Vietnam were to hear all types of airplanes flying over Laguna [...]

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Boarding a Flight Into History

Boarding a Flight Into History

| May 30, 2011 | 3 Comments

Laguna Beach lawyer and former WWII bombardier Charles Brady leaves with his son today for a three-day whirlwind trip to the nation’s Capitol. By coincidence, the visit falls during the Memorial Day weekend, the national day of remembrance on Monday, May 30, for those who have died in service to the nation. As a result, [...]

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