Equipment
Business
Regulations
Life
Custom Rigs
Gear
Tag: Veterans Day
Custom Rigs
Photos: Patriotic rigs salute military veterans
With today being Veterans Day, here’s a look at some military- and patriotic-themed trucks to thank those who have served in the United States military.
November 11, 2019
Business
Veterans Day 2017
Veterans, a big thank-you for your service from Wendy, with particular note to those in her well-represented family.
November 10, 2017
Business
PFJ donates $125k to company helping military vets start businesses
Bunker Labs has helped veterans launch more than 360 companies since 2014, creating more than 1,700 new jobs. Of the $125,000 donated by PFJ, $25,000 will be applied directly to expanding the Bunker Labs chapter in Tennessee.
November 9, 2017
Business
Fleets recognize military veteran drivers
A number of trucking companies honored their military veteran drivers with events and even pay increases for Veterans Day last week.
November 14, 2016
Business
The importance of remembering
Wendy recalls a young Marine from her days working in long-term-health-care facilities who taught here a lesson in respect.
November 11, 2016
Business
Thank a military veteran, drivers
And if you’re a veteran yourself, here’s a hearty thank-you for your service to the nation from us. Several truckers who’ve quietly dedicated part of their efforts this year to honoring veterans are detailed here.
November 11, 2016
Life
Veterans Day: Truckers thanked for their service in U.S. military
Stories of truckers who served in the military and a few Veterans Day specials for drivers.
November 11, 2015
Voices
Thoughts on Veterans Day 2015
“Every day is Veterans Day” for many former members of the U.S. Armed Forces and “it’s not always a celebration.” Wendy here highlights testimony from one, and a tribute from a reader.
November 11, 2015
Business
The meltdown in the melting pot
“Freedom means different things to different people. Some don’t appreciate it enough to think it gives them the right to do anything. The apathetic are the most dangerous.”
November 10, 2014
Home
Veterans Day tributes on OverdriveRetro
OverdriveRetro, the magazine’s website devoted Overdrive’s 50 years’ coverage of truckers and trucking, features drivers such as Vietnam veteran Douglas Fetterly and others who served in the nation’s armed forces to commemorate Veterans Day, Nov. 11. In the photo above, Fetterly was reading Overdrive while stationed near the Cambodian border in 1967. Read about Fetterly here […]
November 9, 2010
Trucking History
Veterans Day rewind: Mail-call memories from Vietnam
Retired owner-operator Doug Fetterly’s first job out of high school, in 1966, was with the Fourth Infantry Division of the U.S. Army in Vietnam.
November 8, 2010
Page 1 of 1