At the very first Veterans Day ceremony with the Martinsville Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6588 in 1966, the 18 members of the post gathered at the Martinsville School on Chimney Rock Road to honor those who had served America. As the ceremony wound down, according to current Commander Al Shubach, several members of the post fired their guns. "And then the police showed, asking what was going on," he said. "They heard the shooting." But from that small beginning, the VFW Post 6588 has grown larger and larger, as has the Veterans Day ceremony, which was held once again Thursday at Veterans …

When Bridgewater resident John Manna was stationed in Germany during the Korean War, he worked with the Central Intelligence Agency, and often had to go to the IG Farben building, which served as the headquarters for the whole European command. Every time he had to go to headquarters, Manna said, he would take the train to Frankfurt, and be picked up by another officer in a Jeep. He never knew who the driver was. Bridgewater resident Wolfgang Zwior was stationed in Germany during the Korean War, and, at 6 p.m. every day, he was required to go to the train station in Frankfurt to pick up …