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    Toras Fisk is thanked for his service after the 2021 Veterans Day ceremony at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Center on Nov. 11. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
    ‘I’m just so lucky’
    By Sarah Knapp • February 24, 2022 1:30 am

    Longtime Homer resident and World War II veteran Toras Fisk turns 100.

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    The color guard lowers the flags in honor of the veterans who have passed as Christie Hill plays “Taps” during the Veterans Day ceremony at the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center. (Photo by Sarah Knapp/Homer News)
    Veterans honored during Veterans Day parade, ceremony
    By Sarah Knapp • November 18, 2021 1:30 am

    In honor of Veterans Day, dozens of veterans and supportive organizations gathered to march down Pioneer Avenue to the Alaska…

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    Leroy Keene (left) is welcomed home from Desert Storm by his wife and daughter in 1990. Gary Squires (right) kneels next to a young Vietnamese girl he helped rescue and the doctor who bandaged her wounds.
    Veterans to receive Quilts of Valor on Veterans...
    By Sarah Knapp • November 11, 2021 1:30 am

    War affects veterans who make it home differently.

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    Veterans and active duty servicemembers carry the totem pole on July 24, 2021 as hundreds gathered in Hoonah for its raising. (Michael S. Lockett / Juneau Empire)
    Hoonah honors veterans with totem pole, future memorial...
    By Michael S. Lockett • July 28, 2021 2:30 am

    From the Alaska Territorial Guard to today’s servicemembers, the Southeast has a legacy of service.

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    Memorial Day observance honors war — and pandemic — heroes
    Memorial Day observance honors war — and pandemic...
    By Michael Armstrong • May 27, 2020 5:30 am

    In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Memorial Day observances in Homer took on a more somber tone. Though Anchorage…

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    Veterans from several area outfits participate in a Veterans Day celebration Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017 in front of the Islands and Oceans Center in Homer, Alaska. (Photo by Megan Pacer/Homer News)
    Veterans Day celebration is Sunday; day marks 100th...
    By Staff report Homer News • November 7, 2018 4:20 pm

    On the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, Veterans Day ceremonies start at 11 a.m. Sunday, Nov….

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