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Volunteers brave blustery weather to honor veterans Susan Hiland
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DIXON — Gusting winds and pouring rain didn’t stop volunteers from coming out Saturday to place boughs of greenery on the graves of veterans at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery. The Remember-a-Vet Wreath Project purchased the boughs, which have changed from wreaths used in previous years because they cost less. People were allowed to place boughs individually on the previous weekend if they wanted a more private remembrance. Bill and Cindy Limneos of Fairfield had never been out to the cemetery before but she saw that the “wreath”
laying was happening and thought it would be interesting to attend. “We buried my fatherin-law about a month ago,” Bill Limneos. “I thought this was a nice way to honor him and those that served.” Because they had a truck, they were asked to pick up the used cardboard boxes and deliver them to the huge recycling containers. “This might become a yearly tradition for us,” he said. Mitch Mashburn, a Solano County supervisor, has been coming out to lay the wreaths since they started doing it. He remembers coming out with his daughters when they were children. “The number of See Honor, Page A10
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Maj. Katelyn Dunahoe, 2nd Flight Nurse serving the 60th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, salutes after receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross medal during a
ceremony at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Friday. 27 Airmen received the Distinguished Flying Cross medal for their service in Afghanistan in Sep. 2021.
24 airmen at Travis receive Distinguished Flying Cross Todd R. Hansen
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Hundreds of volunteers braved the rain and wind to place boughs on the graves of veterans at the annual Remember-a-Vet Wreath Laying day at the Sacramento National Cemetery in Dixon, Saturday.
Pacific storm will pummel US with snow, floods and tornadoes Tribune Content Agency A Pacific storm uncoiling itself over California with heavy rain and snow is forecast to deliver a severe risk for tornadoes, high winds and thunderstorms across parts of Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas by the middle of next week. Upwards of 2 inches of rain could drop suddenly in the valleys of Southern California Saturday into Sunday with
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Cpt. Spencer Yacos of the 21st Airlift Squadron receives the Distinguished Flying Cross medal during a ceremony at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Friday.
FAIRFIELD — Thirteen Americans – 11 Marines, one soldier and one sailor – were killed in a suicide bomber attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021. The death toll also included 170 Afghan citizens. Many more were injured and were in need of care. The U.S. sent Moose 98 from Travis Air Force Base to get those people out. Sixteen members of that C-17 crew, and eight members of Reach 651, also a Travis C-17,
which had gone in to airlift out more than 450 Afghan citizens four days earlier, were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for going “above and beyond” their duty in the air evacuation missions at the Kabul airport. Of those 24 airmen, 11 are stationed at Travis Air Force Base where the medal ceremony took place Friday morning in Hangar 837. In all, 27 airmen from those missions were to be honored. Maj. Gen. Corey J. Martin, commander of the 18th Air Force and former commander of the 60th See Cross, Page A10
Russian forces on offensive, attacking Luhansk and Donetsk Tribune Content Agency
up to 6 inches in coastal foothills and mountains, touching off floods and landslides, the U.S. National Weather Service said. Then snow could fall by the foot in the Sierra Nevada range, as well as in parts of Oregon and Washington. The tornado threat comes almost a year after a series of tornado outbreaks in the Midwest killed at least 75 people
MOSCOW — Russian forces are attacking positions in Luhansk and Donetsk, according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, with a spokesperson saying on Saturday that soldiers had taken positions near two towns. “In the Donetsk area, Russian units have continued their attacks and driven the enemy out of their fortified positions,” ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said. He claimed positions had also been captured in the north between the small towns of Kreminna and Lyman. However, Ukrainian missiles damaged a bus station and a school in the eastern city of Donetsk, according to Russian officials cited by the TASS news agency.
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Ukrainian soldiers from the 68th brigade fire a mortar launcher at a position along the front line in Donetsk region amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Dec. 9.
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