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Jul 6, 2024
Veteran uses experience to help first responders
Kurt Turner did not open up about his experience in the Vietnam War until 30 years after his service. Now he dedicates his time to...
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Jul 5, 2024
100-year-old World War II veteran from San Antonio recognized with French Legion of Honor
Sergeant First Class Gerald Mullin, 100, was born in Sweet Home, TX, in 1924. He enlisted in the army in 1942 at Ft. Sam Houston in San...
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Jun 26, 2024
Blindness Can't Stop Army Veteran
Three months after returning from his second deployment to Iraq, Army Veteran Henry Escobedo-Ramirez began having problems with his...
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Jun 18, 2024
An Army Special Forces Veteran Creates American Flags That Don't Burn
In many ways, Kyle Daniels is your typical Midwestern American. He grew up in a patriotic household, many of his family members joined...
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Jun 14, 2024
Woodrow Wilson's 1917 Flag Day Speech
My Fellow Citizens: We meet to celebrate Flag Day because this flag which we honour and under which we serve is the emblem of our unity,...
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Mar 21, 2024
Veteran Toxic Exposure Fund Overhaul Proposal Ignites Fierce Debate over PACT Act Benefits
A House GOP proposal to retool the Toxic Exposures Fund -- a pot of money created by the PACT Act to pay health care and disability...
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Mar 14, 2024
VA sets new goal of housing 41,000 veterans in 2024
Veterans Affairs leaders on Thursday promised a full review of their housing assistance staffing levels and outreach programs as they...
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Feb 23, 2024
Vietnam helicopter pilot’s heroics earn ‘long overdue’ Silver Star upgrade
Capt. Larry Liss receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for his heroics in a May 14, 1967, rescue operation in Vietnam. After a lengthy...
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Feb 20, 2024
Like father, like son: Book explores legacy of first Black general
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and Jr., were a father-son duo who, respectively, went on to become the Army’s first Black general and a four-star...
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Feb 9, 2024
VA to ease benefits rules for vets exposed to Agent Orange in the US
Thousands of veterans exposed to Agent Orange while serving in the United States will for the first time be eligible for fast-track...
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Feb 9, 2024
After a year, the VA is calling its new insurance program a success
It is not every day the Veterans Affairs Department comes up with a new insurance program. In fact, last year was the first time in 50...
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Feb 7, 2024
102-year-old British veteran flies Spitfire on bumpy charity ride
The veteran — who had never flown a Spitfire before — said it was “absolutely delightful” being back behind the controls, though he said...
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Jan 26, 2024
Roger Donlon, the first Medal of Honor recipient of Vietnam War, dies at 89
Roger Hugh Charles Donlon, the first American to receive the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War, died Thursday in Leavenworth, Kan., the...
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Jan 26, 2024
WWII series ‘Masters of the Air’ takes viewers to thrilling heights
Premiering today, the Apple TV+-produced “Masters of the Air” is a masterful military opera set against a backdrop of drama, mortality,...
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Jan 24, 2024
Navy identifies 2 SEALs lost at sea off Yemen during Iranian weapons seizure
The U.S. Navy has identified the two SEALs lost in the waters of the Gulf of Aden during a risky nighttime mission to board a boat...
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Jan 11, 2024
New life insurance program for disabled vets sees high demand
More than 31,000 disabled veterans received life insurance coverage through a new targeted federal program last year, a total that...
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Dec 12, 2023
Nearly half of 5 million veterans screened found to have potential toxic substance exposure
Nearly half of the 5 million veterans that have been screened by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) under a new law have reported at...
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Apr 3, 2023
3 Marines prevent stabbing, break knife at Virginia Chick-fil-A
When teens whipped out a knife during an altercation at a Virginia Chick-fil-A on Saturday, three nearby Marines intervened to break up the
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Nov 14, 2022
Free Entrance to National Parks for Gold Star Families and Veterans
The National Park Service in partnership with Operation Live Well would like to thank military personnel and their families for their...
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Aug 31, 2022
Dean “Diz” Laird, renowned World War II fighter pilot, dies at 101
If you had told any of Dean “Diz” Laird’s friends or family that he would die of old age at 101, they probably would have written you off...
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