‘A tight-knit community': Veterans serve sailors away from home for Thanksgiving

Carl Stoneback is spending his first holiday away from his Minnesota family. The Navy E-1 just finished bootcamp at the Naval Submarine School. For Thanksgiving, he ended up at the U.S. Submarine Veterans Inc. Groton Base. “Our command is telling us we should go out and do something for Thanksgiving,” Stoneback said. “A lot of them suggested this because it’s...