A commission charged with overseeing the state Capitol grounds has approved plans to create a World War II memorial on the Capitol Mall.

Don’t you just squirm when people you otherwise love and respect forward you email on some pretty revolting stuff. You don’t buy into such hatred material and smears and you begin to question the sanity of your friends and relatives who feel compelled to forward it to you. And we know much of those that contain the gotcha stuff on politicians or political groups are often phony.

I don’t know exactly how old Sallie Fechtig is, though her approximate age can be deduced. Suffice it to say she wouldn’t leave home and drive down to the newspaper office on a Monday morning without strong motivation.

Staring down the barrel of a German tank might make a lesser man blink and become blind with fear, but 92-year-old Merle Jones didn’t survive that day in 1944 for lack of seeing straight in tight situations.

When the bombs fell on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Jack Nemerov enlisted in the Army the very next day. By the time D-Day came around, he was a first lieutenant and part of the invasion force that would take Omaha Beach. Now 65 years since the invasion, his memories of that day are vivid.

WASHINGTON - America dedicated a memorial today to the fast-thinning ranks of World War II veterans, a poignant last hurrah drawing together tens of thousands of old soldiers, sailors and heroes of the home front.

February 18, 2005

Two people were killed Monday morning when their historic blue and yellow World War II-era biplane crashed about seven miles north of Mesa’s Falcon Field Municipal Airport.

Two people were killed Monday morning when their historic blue and yellow World War II-era biplane crashed about seven miles north of Mesa’s Falcon Field Municipal Airport.

YUMA - A U.S. Marine Corps Harrier squadron set to leave Yuma on Monday for a deployment to Japan plans to stop at Wake Island in the mid-Pacific, where earlier squadron members fought the Japanese in the early days of World War II before being overwhelmed.

Nancy Page had embarked on the task of informing World War II veterans, who had been on a waiting list, that they were selected to fly to Washington as part of the Honor Flight Arizona Program.

Miles Alldredge said he and his wife plan to let Veterans Day pass by quietly, but he proudly tells stories of his days as a B-24 bomber pilot during World War II in 1944, when he was credited with 50 missions over Europe.

A Blue Star Memorial to honor those who have served in the U.S. armed forces is coming to Ahwatukee Foothills.

A Blue Star Memorial to honor those who have served in the U.S. armed forces is coming to Ahwatukee Foothills.

Real-life Band of Brothers colonel Edward Shames thought he’d seen all the horrors of war — until he stepped into Dachau, Nazi Germany’s oldest concentration camp, in April 1945.

East Valley residents paid their respects to our veterans at several Veterans Day events on Wednesday, including Mesa's annual Veterans Day parade.

In a demonstration of bipartisan support from Arizona's Legislature, Senate Bill 1126 was passed last week by the Committee on Veterans, Military and Government Affairs with a 6-0 vote.