‘Stolen valor’ phony unmasked by police sgt.

WORCESTER — A Millbury man in a Marine uniform with a chest full of medals walked past the wrong guy one night two years ago in The Irish Times bar.

The Millbury man was wearing the uniform of a first sergeant. The Worcester police sergeant on an off-duty assignment at the bar at 244 Main St. was a Marine Reserve first sergeant.    Full story and picture read more

Veterans Reunion

Sixty-five years ago, Facebook would have been considered science fiction, e-mail was non-existent and even cell phones were yet to be invented.

Kasia Kovacs/Special to Liberty Tribune — Ray Merrell, Marine Raider veteran, and wife Helen flip through “Gung Ho Marines,” a book complied by Marine veterans from World War II. Surviving Raiders continue to keep in touch with annual reunions, the latest of which was held Sept. 1 in Fort Worth. Merrell has recently helped David Wotanis, an Honorary Raider, find information about his late father, Edward Wotanis, who served as a Raider during the war. read more