When members of the “Greatest Generation” – veterans of World War II – began returning to the United States via the Pacific Northwest when the war was over, festive banners were hung on piers in ...

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Corryn Smit wanted to stand out. She knew the pier at Norfolk Naval Station would be lined with homemade signs – “Welcome home daddy,” and “We missed you!” – when her husband’s ship, the destroyer ...

As the soldiers filed into the building, 10-year-old Charlotte Mancino and her family waved signs reading “Welcome home, Daddy” and “Ltc. Mancino Rocks.” Six speakers later, after the singing of the ...

KITTERY, Maine — The Maine Turnpike Authority on Thursday installed a new "welcome home" sign at the state border on Interstate 95, an action promised by Gov. Janet Mills in her inaugural speech. The ...