Eliel Gallego is the first graduate of the Desert Hot Springs High School JROTC program and just completed the United States Marine Corps Recruit Training on Jan. 17. The First Marine Division Association, a veteran organization, decided to award any Desert Hot Springs graduate that has completed the Marine Corps boot camp with a $500
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The City of Palm Springs is set to host its 27th annual Palm Springs Veterans Day Parade on Monday, November 11 at 3:30 p.m. in downtown Palm Springs. The parade begins at Ramon Road and Palm Canyon Drive and heads northbound on Palm Canyon Drive to Alejo Road. This year’s parade theme is “Honoring All
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Crowds gathered to pay their respects to Lou Conter, the last living survivor of the USS Arizona, which sank during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. His funeral was held Tuesday morning at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Grass Valley, northeast of Sacramento. In Hawaii, the National Parks Service hosted a day of remembrance at
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November 10th marks 248 years since the United States Marine Corps was established. At the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, local Marines celebrated the occasion a day early. The base hosted a ‘Birthday Pageant’, that included a traditional cake-cutting ceremony and a trip through the history of the Corps. Friends and
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It’s going to be a very special Veterans Day for 100-year-old Corporal Dorothee Irwin, one of the oldest Marines in the Coachella Valley. It’s been 80 years since Corporal Irwin first enlisted in the United States Marines. She says it was a message on the radio that piqued her interest. It “interrupted the programs to say, ‘women give up
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Members of the Coachella Valley community and surrounding communities are invited to attend a Celebration of Life service for fallen Marine Corporal Hunter Lopez on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at the Palm Springs Convention Center. You can watch the ceremony here: The Lopez family shared treasured memories with Cpl. Lopez in a touching tribute video.
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People from throughout Coachella Valley and beyond are gathering in La Quinta to pay respects to fallen Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez Friday. From noon to 7:00 p.m., a public viewing is underway at St. Francis of Assisi on Washington Street. KESQ The viewing a somber procession on Friday morning that took the fallen hero’s remains
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The remains of U.S. Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez were flown back to the Coachella Valley from Afghanistan, arriving Thursday at the Palm Springs International Airport. The Lopez family was at the airport to receive his casket on the tarmac before a somber procession made its way through Coachella Valley. Thousands of people gathered to mourn
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US service members who died in Kabul attack to receive Purple Heart “The 11 Marines killed-in-action while supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel will be awarded the Purple Heart,” Capt. Andrew Wood, Marine Corps spokesperson told ABC News in a statement. One of those Marines, Cpl. Hunter Lopez is being mourned throughout the Coachella Valley since his
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A flyover by a C-47 Skytrain happened overhead while former army nurse Doris Howard waved from the patio at what was once Torney General Hospital, an army hospital which opened at the site in 1942. After growing up in Wisconsin, Howard, at the age of 22, rode a train to Palm Springs. She came to
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An empty lot along Landau Boulevard in Cathedral City will soon become the “Veterans Village”. It’s affordable housing for veterans. The place will feature 60 one and two bedroom units, along with several amenities. Vets now living at the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission are excited about the prospect of having a new home. “I can’t
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A friend captured the footage showing Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer Jeff Gonzalez packing up and saying goodbye to his family at their home at Camp Pendleton in 2012 as Gonzalez and his unit deployed to Afghanistan. It was one of several combat missions there and in Iraq for the father of five over 21
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The General Patton Memorial Museum in Chiriaco Summit announced today that its annual Memorial Day ceremony will not take place this year due to coronavirus concerns. The museum, which is closed in accordance with the state’s emergencyhealth orders, has hosted a Memorial Day celebration for the last 31 years. In the past, the celebration has
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March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County is setting up three additional large tents at the base in preparation for the possible arrival of more Americans being evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the Coronavirus outbreak. News Channel 3 is told the tents could be used for the arrival of any planes that are
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