The Express Newspaper – March 8th, 2018
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Arne Heggen Honored by Veterans Committee – by H. Wessell
BALLSTON SPA, March 15 – The late Arne E. Heggen of Clifton Park, born in Cohoes on July 24,1929, was raised in the Town of Waterford, graduating from Waterford High School in 1946. And the rest as they say is history – also, on several "fronts."
Entire article in the 03-24 edition.
Lee A. Buck Honored by County – H. Wessell
BALLSTON SPA, February 23 – Lee A. Buck of the Town of Halfmoon, this month's honoree in Saratoga County's longtime monthly remembrances of its deceased veterans, was born on September 22, 1947 in Little Falls, NY, and was later raised in Herkimer.
Read the entire article in the 03-03 edition.
WWII Vet Stephen Dennis Receives Medals – by S. McBride
Stephen Dennis celebrated his 92nd birthday this past weekend. Somehow it is fitting that just two days before that birthday he was presented with a long-overdue gift . . . the medals he earned for his service to our nation in World War II seven decades ago as a sailor in the United States Navy.
In a ceremony at Lt. Fred H. Clark Post 91 of the American Legion, to the cheers and cries of “Thank you!” from the friends, family members, officials and Legionnaires in attendance, Steve was presented with the World War II Victory Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with Two Bronze Stars, the Navy Occupation Service Medal, the Presidential Unit Citation Ribbon and the Combat Action Ribbon. He was also presented the New York State Senate’s Liberty Medal, and the Saratoga County Veterans’ Service Medal from the Saratoga County Board of Supervisors.
Read the entire article in the August 14th issue of the Express.