Four bronze busts in the likeness of Air Force Cross recipients were unveiled during a ceremony honoring the Airmen at the Combat Control School at Pope Field, NC on December 6, 2012. The recipients were (notice the links to read
Rocky Mountain Mattress Announces Winner of the “Honor the Heroes” College Scholarship Essay Contest. Earlier this year, in celebration of Independence Day, Rockymountainmattress.com partnered with The Mark Forester Foundation to provide a $1,000 college scholarship to the winner of the
It has become a family tradition to visit Haleyville’s ‘Christmas By The Lake’ each year. The City and Fire Dept do a great job putting it on and volunteering a lot of their time. Many of the Forester grandchildren were
The new military history book, “CCT -The Eye of the Storm, Volume II – The GWOT Years” by Gene Adcock is now on the bookshelf. The book’s focus is on CCT in the years following 9/11 (Global War on Terrorism).
The American Fallen Soldiers Project presented our family with a portrait of Mark, painted by artist Phil Taylor. It was presented on November 16, 2012 at The University of Alabama ‘Veteran and Military Affairs’ Grand Opening of their new facility
I was able to speak at the annual Veteran’s Celebration held at First United Methodist Church in Haleyville. The short program was powerful. It was also great to see so many WWII veterans in attendance. Ida Ocena Burrell, who will
