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95-Year-Old WWII Vet Finds Out He's Not a US Citizen
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsDuring a routine trip to his local DMV in Washington state, 95-year-old Leeland Davidson got the surprise of his life: Despite having served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and having lived in America most of his life, he's not a U.S. citizen. Never was. Davidson was born in Canada in 1916, but he always assumed that because his parents were Americans, he is too. It appears now that his parents never registered his birth with U.S. authorities, and he got Canadian citizenship by default instead. He only discovered the error recently, when he applied for a new ID in order to visit ...
Decorated War Veteran Fatally Struck by Car After Celebrating Birthday
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsA decorated war veteran who survived a suicide bombing in Afghanistan was struck by a car and killed after celebrating his birthday party at a bar on New York's Long Island. Seamus Byrne was heading home from the bar in Smithtown, N.Y., after celebrating his 33rd birthday with his wife and friends early Sunday when he inadvertently walked into the street and was hit by an oncoming car, according to police. "He was very happy with his friends, celebrating life," his father-in-law, James Gallagher, told the New York Daily News. "He just wasn't looking at the traffic, and he walked in front of ...
Frank Buckles, Last American Veteran of WWI, Dies at 110
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsFrank Buckles, the last known surviving American veteran of World War I, a onetime Missouri farm boy who lied about his age to join the Army in 1917, has died at age 110. Buckles -- who also survived 3 1/2 years in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II -- died of natural causes at his home in Charles Town, W.Va., biographer and family spokesman David DeJonge told The Journal of Martinsburg, W.Va. The veteran celebrated his 110th birthday earlier this month, but his family said that his health had been deteriorating since late last year. He died Sunday. Getty Images / ...
Homeless Vet Channels Christmas Spirit and Returns Lost Wallet
By Susanna Baird - AOL News(Dec. 16) -- Brian Christopher needed the money. Really. The 49-year-old Navy veteran and father of three is homeless and jobless but didn't let his financial situation deter him from doing the right thing Monday when he found a wallet outside Boston City Hall, stuffed with $172 in cash. He did admit to a brief moral struggle, however. "I counted the money and said, 'Wow, I could probably get three nice presents with this,'" Christopher told the Boston Globe. "But maybe it was some student's Christmas gift money. I just kept thinking of the meaning of Christmas." And so Christopher ...
McCain Begins 'Biography Tour'
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailySen. John McCain, the Republican nominee for president, kicks off what aides are calling a "biography tour" today in Mississippi, at a Navy airfield named for his grandfather, Admiral John Sidney McCain. From there, McCain will make stops in Virginia, Maryland, Florida, and his home state of Arizona. The tour intends to trace the candidate's personal history, and introduce him to the national electorate.McCain, who wrapped up the nomination early this month, is beginning to set his general election narrative, while his Democratic rivals continue their internecine battle for their party's ...
'624787'- New McCain Ad
By Greg McNeilly - Politics DailyJohn McCain, has released his first ad, since unofficially capturing the GOP nomination for president. The :60 second ad is titled "624787." ...
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