Thursday, November 11, 2021015Father Eric Albertson said he felt called to serve God and country, and as a military chaplain he is doing just that. The U.S. Army colonel and Purple Heart recipient has served alongside troops in Iraq and other war zones and currently is stationed at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, and is the command chaplain for the U.S....
Wednesday, November 11, 2020040 The father-daughter reunion at a Catholic school in suburban Chicago was weeks in the making. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Konrad Otachel recently made a surprise visit to St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic School in Palatine to see his daughter, Naomi, a kindergartner.
Saturday, November 8, 20140115Tom Watters Sr. said he didn’t know what to expect on the autumn day in 1961 when he and fellow members of the U.S. Army Special Forces got word to gather in a field near Fort Bragg, N.C. They knew only that they were to await the arrival of the Commander in Chief, who had something for each of them.
