December 5, 2016 - Pearl Harbor Day is observed annually on December 7th to remember and honor the 2,403 citizens of the United States who were killed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

November 23, 2016 - Approximately 1.3 billion inkjet cartridges are used around the world annually and less than 30% are recycled.  8 ink cartridges are thrown away every second in the United States.  In one year, the world’s discarded cartridges would circle the earth twice if stacked end-to-end.

November 4, 2016 - Larry Hume, VFW Post 8904 Quartermaster is seeking information on two veterans buried in the St. John's Cemetery in Tenaha, Texas who are James A. Lloyd, 1949-2004, and Willie James Wilson, 1930-1951. 

Lloyd's headstone has US Air Force Command Navigator Wings etched on it. Wilson died in Korea during the Korean War.

If anyone has any information on either of these two men, please call Larry Hume at 936-598-2976.

October 11, 2016 - Women in the military have a history that extends over 400 years into the past throughout a large number of cultures and nations.  World Wars I and II saw over 362,000 American women serving during war time.  As of July 2016 women made up 14.6% of the US military and their role has changed significantly over the years from clerical duties to ground combat soldiers to fighter pilots.