December 10th Fosters.com.
In a ceremony at the local American Legion in Lebanon, Maine, honored four World War II veterans with eagle canes in honor of their service. So far, 400 of these have been given out in the state.
The top of each cane has an eagle. One side of the shaft has their name and the other their branch and war.
HAROLD SHEFFIELD was a member of the US Marine Raiders, a special force formed to make fast attacks on the Japanese using hit-and-run tactics.
BERNARD HALL was stationed 20 miles from Pearl Harbor on the day of the attack and remembers a Japanese plane flying by "so low, you could see the pilot's goggles." He was 25 at the time and one of the older men. Another memory was "all the young kids hiding in their lockers."
FRANK HALL said his Army unit arrived at Pearl Harbor April 1942 to help clean up the mess and can still remember see the smouldering ships.
The Greatest Generation
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