5 Marines hurt in Southern California highway rollover

Associated Press — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 16:00:00 +0000

Five U.S. Marines were slightly injured last Wednesday when their truck went off a Southern California highway, authorities said.

The truck was towing a trailer with an artillery gun when it went off Interstate 215 in Menifee in Riverside County at around 12:45 p.m., authorities said.

It rolled down an embankment and landed on its side, authorities said.

The Marines on board were treated for minor injuries, authorities said.

The 30,000-pound Oshkosh truck was in a convoy and may have had a mechanical problem when it veered off the roadway, California Highway Patrol Officer Mike Lassig told the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

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War Vets Without Diplomas Have Less Than One Month to Apply

Contributed — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 22:00:20 +0000

RIVERSIDE (CNS) – War Vets of foreign wars who didn’t graduate from
high school have until Oct. 15 to apply for graduation certificates issued
through a Riverside County program that awards diplomas to former airmen,
soldiers, sailors and Marines who gave up school to serve their country.
   The county Office of Education this year will conduct its 13th
“Operation Recognition” program for the benefit of veterans of World War II,
the Korean and Vietnam wars. The ceremony is scheduled for the afternoon of
Nov. 12 at the Moreno Valley Conference and Recreation Center.
   Under the program, vets are eligible to receive certificates even
though they never finished school.
   Office of Education officials began accepting applications two months
ago and set a deadline of Oct. 15 for the submission of filings for
certificates and to attend this year’s graduation.
   Superintendent of Schools Judy White said that 354 veterans from
Riverside County have received diplomas under Operation Recognition since the
program was initiated in 2007. Some of the recipients have been more than 90
years old.
   Operation Recognition is based on California Education Code 51440,
which permits the retroactive granting of graduation certificates to honorably
discharged or retired veterans who served while the country was on a war
footing. All they have to do is sign up.
   Forms can be downloaded at www.rcoe.us/operationrecognition, or
requested via phone through Tracey Case at 951-826-6570.

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