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U.S. Navy photo                                Sailors and their families familiarize themselves with the reconstructed playground area at Costen-Turner Memorial Park located on Ault Field at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.

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NAS Whidbey Island commemorates reopening of Costen-Turner playground

By Petty Officer Marc Cuenca

Orrin Gorman McClellan’s words of war resonate beyond his death

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Orrin Gorman McClellan’s words of war resonate beyond his death

‘A Soldier’s Journal, Last Supper to No Goodbye’ chronicles combat’s invisible wounds

Family of famous WWII aviator visits airfield named in his honor 75 years ago

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Family of famous WWII aviator visits airfield named in his honor 75 years ago

A heroic moment in World War II left a lasting legacy but also marked a family tragedy.

New van for veterans helps with health care

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New van for veterans helps with health care

It’s not an ambulance, fire truck or other rescue vehicle.

Veterans Day Parade will march downtown

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Veterans Day Parade will march downtown

The Oak Harbor Veterans Day Parade is returning to Pioneer Way.

VP-4 Skinny Dragons return home

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VP-4 Skinny Dragons return home

“Skinny Dragons” of Patrol Squadron Four returned to Naval Air Station Whidbey Island on Oct. 11 , following…

Whidbey Island Radio Control society members come out to Naval Outlying Field on most Saturday mornings to fly class model airplanes and other aircraft, such as these. Photo by Emily Gilbert/Whidbey News-Times

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Model citizens: Oak Harbor group toys with radio-controlled planes

Something other than military jets are taking to the skies at the Navy’s Outlying Field Coupeville.

Photos by Patricia Guthrie                                Roy Schlicht works on assembling a small-scale plastic model kit during a recent Friday evening gathering of Whidbey Island veterans who are known as “modelers.”

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Model vets pursue miniature hobby

Big passion for small-scale replicas

Vet services coordinator is here to help

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Vet services coordinator is here to help

Cynthia Besaw left the Air Force after seven years of service with a broken back, shattered foot and…

Frank Thorton receives a quilt from Anita Smith.

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‘Giving to the Givers’

Marines wrapped in quilts and gratitude

Evan Thompson / The Record                                Joe Simon, a 68-year-old Useless Bay resident, holds up a picture of himself taken during his tour in Vietnam from January-December 1969.

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Remembering Vietnam: Useless Bay veteran recounts a year at war

When Marine Joe Simon came home after seeing nearly a year of combat in Vietnam, he bottled up…

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Patrol Squadron 46 returns home

By Lt. J.G. Layne Morrison

PBY Naval Air Museum still flying strong after nearly 20 years

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PBY Naval Air Museum still flying strong after nearly 20 years

But lack of volunteers limits its activities with visitors