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On September 15th 2012, we will be assembling the largest group of WWII Veterans in many years. Join us for a sentimental journey back in time, a musical tribute to the heroes of World War II.
Riding Club To Hold Second Annual Benefit Ride For Forever Young
The Dixie Divas Riding Club is hosting its second annual benefit ride to help raise for Forever Young’s Pacific WWII Veterans trip to Pearl Harbor. The ride will take place Sunday, March 18th, 2012 at Southern Thunder Harley Davidson in …
Forever Young Hits The Airwaves For Support
Forever Young hits the airwaves on AM640 looking for people to honor our senior veterans
Former WWII Gunner Returns for a Final B-17 Flight
World War II pilot, Hulan Roberts, thought his B-17 flying days were over, after flying 32 missions in Germany. He left the Army Air Corps in 1944 and, like many, moved forward with his life and put the war behind …
Help Give Honor To Our Pacific WWII Veterans
Forever Young needs help getting 26 Pacific WWII veterans to Pearl Harbor, May 15-23, 2012. The seven-day trip of honor will cost $2,600 per veteran. This is an urgent mission because we are losing WWII vets at an alarming rate. Please help us thank …
Son of WWII Veteran Writes Song After Trip to Memorial
“When They Were Young,” by Dr. Rice Drewry Dr. Rice Drewry, son of a WWII B-24 tailgunner, wrote a song honoring his dad and other veterans. Drewry was inspired to write it after he went on a trip to Washington …
Commercial Appeal Chronicles Veterans’ Trip to Normandy
Memphis-Area Newspaper Tells of Veterans’ Trip Back to Normandy 67 Years Later
A Trip to Normandy
Thirteen WWII Veterans Return to Normandy, France to remember their fallen comrades and find closure from the war.
Navy Veteran Completes ‘First Pitch Trifecta’
Don Ballard threw out the first pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals. The 95-year-old WWII veteran played for the 1939 Johnson City Cardinals before the war.
A Letter from a Daughter
Elizabeth Drewry Responds to her Father’s ‘Trip of a Lifetime’ My emotional highlight of Forever Young’s April 2011 trip to Washington DC for World War II veterans was watching my Dad salute his fallen comrades as a bugler played Taps. …
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On September 15th 2012, we will be assembling the largest group of WWII Veterans in many years. Join us for a sentimental journey back in time, a musical tribute to the heroes of World War II.
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Forever Young hits the airwaves on AM640 looking for people to honor our senior veterans