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It was a Parade of Heroes during Veterans Day at the World War II Memorial in Washington Monday. Time may have stolen their youth, but as their names were announced and their battle history told, they stood tall after rising from their chairs on their own accord.

Navy veteran-turned-entrepreneur Todd Connor says vets have a unique skill set that makes them natural entrepreneurs, but what they often lack are the networks and capital to get their ideas off the ground.

World War II veteran A. Russell Hinchee was taken prisoner by the Nazi SS. Charles "Bob" Swain fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Here is how one family connects them.

About 40 volunteers, led by a handful of former military personnel, marked Veterans Day on Monday by reaching out to homeless veterans in the District of Columbia.

During a ceremony, Dennis Schoville and Steven Brown reflected on what happened in 1969 in the South Vietnamese skies over the Mekong Delta.

The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation provided a $525,000 grant to a new permanent housing complex for homeless veterans in D.C. Bon Jovi has not served in the military, but his parents were Marines.

A 70-year-old Army veteran found himself counting cash on Veterans Day, after he won more than a quarter of a million dollars in the North Carolina Education Lottery.

A new study by the University of California, Irvine indicates that active military personnel and veterans might grapple with another psychological effect of war: grief.

The Center for a New American Security has created an online database that allows veterans to search for and compare state benefits. The tool was launched Monday.

The Democratic proposals, coming two days before historic impeachment hearings, sought to highlight policy differences with the embattled president before a key bloc of voters.

The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is scheduled to close for construction on Friday and remain shut for a year. The project will add or refurbish 4,300 square feet of space.

Construction of the post began in 1919, and it was dedicated in 1920. White paint coats its bricks, made by World War I veterans from Donna using sand from the river bottom.

Through the Red Badge Project writing program, hundreds of veterans have exorcised the impact of their military experiences and turned them into prose.

When Navy veteran Mike Ryan checked himself into detox to recover from alcoholism, he said, he blew a high enough blood-alcohol content reading in a breathalyzer to kill a man his size.

The bill is intended to make South Carolina more competitive for retired veterans with the 31 other states who have already exempted the veterans’ income.

A video game controller designed for individuals with limited mobility was distributed to 22 veteran rehabilitation centers nationwide earlier this month as part of a collaborative effort between the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Microsoft

Emotions — good and bad — but full and sometimes all-consuming were as much a part of the new National Veterans Memorial and Museum as the award-winning architecture and first-class exhibits.

A Virginia National Guard sergeant accused of stealing World War II-era dog tags from the National Archives and Records Administration in Maryland has pleaded guilty to a theft charge.

A week removed from his 100th birthday, former soldier Arthur Wood, a decorated infantryman, is less confident about his mission this Veterans Day: delivering the keynote speech at his senior living community in Dallas.

K9s on the Front Line is a nonprofit formed in Maine four years ago to pair veterans who have PTSD or traumatic brain injuries with service dogs who can render physical and emotional aid.

The president arrived in New York City on Saturday night and bunkered down in Trump Tower in Midtown, according to a White House pool report.

Founded in 2017, the State Funeral for World War II Veterans wants President Donald Trump to approve a state funeral for the last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, only two of whom remain alive.

When Korean War veteran Eugene Ward got off the boat on the Korean Peninsula in 1951, he volunteered for a risky job. "I trained in demolitions. I looked for land mines on patrol."

A week after receiving the nation's highest military honor for his heroism during a battle in Afghanistan, U.S. Army Master Sgt. Matthew Williams was in the auditorium at Putnam City West High School on Friday fielding students' questions about whether he had been scared, how he felt about killing people and whether he was happy.

Military veteran Dan Miller didn’t ask for help when he woke up shouting from nightmares or after deployments to war zones in 1991, 2004 and 2008. He often thought about those he couldn’t save. Years later, after his work as a police officer summoned grisly memories of death, he found himself in a car by a cornfield with a gun contemplating suicide. He decided then to ask for help.

On Nov. 9, 1989, Sgt. Michael Rafferty heard on Armed Forces Network that East Germans would soon be allowed to travel unimpeded to the West. He called a guard on duty at Checkpoint Charlie to see if anything had changed. "No," was the reply. He went to bed. The next morning, though, there was pandemonium, Rafferty recalled.

The tree-lined hills and valleys beckoned the young Army private as his ‘35 black Chevy hugged the narrow road, a hairpin curve almost upon him. Basic Army training was behind and the war just ahead, his 3-day leave wedged in between for saying good-byes. But before the fading autumn sun could dim the burnished foliage, this 18-year old would be called to serve in a way he couldn’t have imagined.

A bond rooted in common ground, as much as contrast, ties two sprightly World War II veterans who collected a few battle stars each, dote on each other's tales and reflect with intent on Veterans Day.

A new PBS film, “The Warrior Tradition,” seeks to examine the history of Native Americans in the U.S. military since World War I.

From a grandfather who served on a warship in World War II and a mother who suited up for Desert Storm, it appears the extended Chambliss family is aiming even higher in the armed forces.

After returning from the Air Force to Detroit in 1972, Richard Chatman headed to suburbs like Dearborn and Royal Oak each year for Veterans Day parades because there wasn't anything organized in his city. That was until he and other members of the Metropolitan Detroit Veterans Coalition started the Detroit Veterans Day Parade more than a decade ago.

To mark Veterans Day on Monday, Nov. 11, restaurants around the country are offering free or discounted food. Some offers are strictly for vets; others include active-duty and retired troops.

Staffing shortages amid the 386,000 VA employees are "a root cause for many of the problems in veterans' care," said Inspector General Michael Missal. There are two main reasons for the shortages — low salaries and a lack of qualified applicants, with the former leading to the latter.

Injecting a local anesthetic next to a bundle of nerves in the neck can significantly reduce post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in service members, based on the results of a two-year clinical trial published Wednesday.

Kurt Dressler fought under Adolf Hitler during World War II, but went on to join the U.S. Army and serve in the Korean and Vietnam wars.

For New Mexico Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura, participating as a grand marshal in the 2019 New York City Veterans Day Parade on Monday is a way of educating the public about the Korean War.

Veterans who died in South Florida without any family to claim them will get full military honors on Wednesday during a ceremony at South Florida National Cemetery.

William Louis Wright, a veteran of the United States Air Force. died Oct. 15. Through its Facebook page, the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery invited veterans and the general public to attend his funeral.

None of those who gathered Wednesday at the South Florida National Cemetery knew any of the 24 people whose ashes lay in wood urns lined up on a table. But they snapped to attention and saluted. Or those who weren't veterans held hands to hearts.

John Lehman was a radar operator on the USS Barb, which was credited with sinking 25 Japanese merchant vessels, four warships — including an aircraft carrier — and more than 50 other, smaller vessels during World War II.

A veteran lost both legs, his penis, scrotum and a chunk of his abdominal wall when he stepped on a roadside bomb as he ran to help a soldier during a Taliban ambush in 2010. Now he hopes that sharing his experience can help other veterans.

Growing up in Golden Valley, Gregg Peppin only heard bits and pieces of his father’s Korea experience. “When I asked my mom about it, she said, ‘Your dad saw a lot of dead people,’” Peppin recalled.

Rhode Island's governor has ceremoniously signed legislation to help veterans get state and local benefits after being discharged from the military because of their sexual orientation.

The oldest veteran in attendance was Sgt. Sophie Yazzie, 105, who enlisted in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in 1943 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

United War Veterans Council Chairman Douglas McGowan and the White House said on Wednesday that Trump will offer a tribute to veterans at the opening ceremony of Monday's 100th annual parade.

Anger and sadness over the treatment Bob Sanford faced coming home from Vietnam, combined with a desire to see the Vietnam soldier’s story told — “the good, the bad and the ugly”— inspired Stanford to recently pledge $1 million to the National Museum of the United States Army.

Native American leaders traveled from across the country this week to share their concerns with lawmakers about veterans’ barriers to health care – the first forum of its kind they’ve been granted in three decades.

In honor of Veterans Day, WalletHub conducted a study examining the top 100 U.S. cities for veterans based on veteran-friendliness, livability, job availability and military skill-related jobs, among other criteria. Tampa, Florida, is the best city for veterans, the study revealed.

Cpl. Robert Lee Bray was reported missing in action during the 1950 Battle of Taejon in Korea. Bray's remains were positively identified earlier this year, with the help of a laundry tag on recovered clothing that had apparently previously been overlooked.

Andre Fluellen played parts of eight seasons with the Detroit Lions. Still, none of that mattered while he and veteran Jim Adkins were talking about their immediate super glue-like bond in front of the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial in the nation’s capital.

Six black Union Army veterans established the Ellsworth Cemetery in Maryland in 1876. Since then, the cemetery has endured not just normal wear and tear, but also vandalism, leaving some of the plots unmarked and headstones eroded and shattered.

Mississippi Gov.-elect Tate Reeves said Friday that the family of slain civil rights leader Vernon Dahmer exemplifies the service of U.S. military veterans.

Claremore-area Veteran Lewie Shaw, 95, finally received his high school diploma, thanks to Claremore High School.

William Churchill continues to serve his country and, as a member of three veterans organizations, the other veterans with whom he feels a special kinship. “I’m a very patriotic person,” he said.

More than a dozen veterans were at the Pelham Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10722 on Tuesday to receive their 50th Vietnam War Anniversary pins, which are available to members of the Armed Forces who served between 1955 and 1975. Congresswoman Annie Kuster, D-N.H., was giving out the honors and thanking members for their service.

A former Army staff sergeant who served two tours in Iraq, Patrick Zeigler is one of more than 30 people who were injured in the mass shooting on November 5, 2009 that killed 13 at Fort Hood, Texas. Of those who survived, Zeigler's injuries were among the most serious.

Over the course of his deployment, Robert Rayburn was involved in a number of battles, including Morotia, Lingayen Gulf and Iwo Jima. But the largest battle he was involved in was the battle of Leyte Gulf, he said. "It was an experience," he said. "It's a funny thing. Not one time was I ever scared."

After Bruce Schmelz left the Navy, he struggled with PTSD. But when Schmelz found a flyer for the Veterans Watchmaker Initiative in 2017, he saw it as an opportunity. "It's very peaceful to do this," Schmelz said. "It helps you focus and stop worrying about everything else."

Air Force veteran Brett Browne admits he doesn't engage in much small talk, but he doesn't mind telling his classmates about his karaoke hobby, which he recently turned into a business, Hot Mic Karaoke.

For years, Clarence Williams Jr. had wondered exactly how many years of military service the various members of his mother’s and father’s family had accumulated. He knew it had to be a lot because so many of them were veterans. Finally, this year, after making lots of phone calls, he came up with a number that amazed him: 535 years.

The Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night honored U.S. Marine veteran Micah Herndon, the Tallmadge resident who crawled across the finish line at the Boston Marathon in April. Herndon ran the marathon to honor three fall soldiers.

A Boynton Beach, Florida, park studded with dozens of granite tributes to veterans will adopt the name of Tom Kaiser, a 92-year-old World War II vet who poured life into its foundation.

“It’s frustrating and it angers me to think this is what this great committee has come to be. I’m embarrassed today to be on the Veterans Affairs committee,” said Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., the ranking Republican on the committee. “I could care less what your political party is when it comes to veterans issues."

Rudy Boesch, a retired, tough-as-nails Navy SEAL and fan favorite on the inaugural season of “Survivor,” has died after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 91.

As a 1-AO conscientious objector, William Twombly of Collegedale, Tennessee, served his country alongside caged guinea pigs in the Utah desert, where he and a dozen fellow non-combatant soldiers — with their own complement of guinea pigs — were exposed to Q fever as part of the U.S. Army's Operation Whitecoat.

A Wilkes-Barre man threatened to cause “bloodshed” and punish two employees for perceived wrongs at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, according to Veterans Affairs police.

Service has long been at the center of West Palm Beach American Legion 11th District Commander Johnny D. Castro's life.

The Beirut bombing of 1983 was one of the deadliest single-days for the U.S. Armed Forces. Every year since 1986 a remembrance ceremony has been held at what is now the Beirut Memorial near Camp Lejeune in honor of those who lost their lives.

The largest hospital in the Southeast for military veterans has struggled with poor management, low patient scores and mishaps, including the discovery of a dying veteran in its care covered in ant bites.

Lt. Thomas Crotty, 30, died July 19, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp in the Philippines after being captured with the fall of Corregidor earlier that year.

Two demonstrators at Sunday’s World Series game greeted President Donald Trump with two large “Veterans for Impeachment” banners behind home plate in near-perfect view of television cameras.

A military aid society has established an award to honor Lt. Thomas "Jimmy" Crotty, a South Buffalo native whose remains came back to Western New York this week.

After serving 12 years in the Army, Raeford veteran Preston Jackson Jr. credits his canine to saving his life. It was just a couple of months ago that Jackson was paired with his service dog Pilot through K9s for Warriors.

Cities and towns across the United States have done their part to honor those who served their country from the Revolutionary War through the current Global War on Terrorism, and the twin cities of Lewiston and Auburn, Maine, are no exception.

Thirteen years after he enlisted and seven years after he fulfilled his contract with the South Dakota National Guard, Jayson Brenner is being asked to pay back part of the sign-on bonus he received from the military. He says the military wants him to pay back one fourth of the $20,000 bonus

Known as "Veterans Village," the seven home cul-de-sac is located in the Fayetteville Area Habitat for Humanity's development, Oakridge Estates, at the corner of Bunce Road and Old Bunce Road.

A review, based on Freedom of Information Act requests for every unique cancer treatment provided by a VA health care facility from fiscal years 2000 to 2018 found the rates of blood cancers — lymphoma, myeloma and leukemia — rose 18%. Other cancers increased as much as 96%.

Veterans Day celebrates all those who served honorably in the military, whether in war or peace, whereas Memorial Day is for remembering and honoring military personnel who died in the service of their country.

The U.S. Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Wednesday that 21-year-old Pfc. Robert Hatch of Woods Cross was killed in November 1943 after three days of fighting on a small island in the Pacific.

The Greatest Generation. it’s a term that’s often used to label the men and women who contributed to the Allied effort World War II, either at home or abroad. But to six Kokomo residents, the Greatest Generation is about unconditional sacrifice.

Bay Minette Elementary School Assistant Principal Matthew Craig was diagnosed with anxiety and depression while serving in the Army, but it wasn't until normalcy set in at home that his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder really reared its head.

“Blue water” Vietnam veterans have to wait until next year before the Department of Veterans Affairs will start processing Agent Orange disability claims, but lawmakers are skeptical the VA will be ready.

The club was chartered in October, and already its membership has jumped to about 40 people, including men and women from their 20s to 90s. The last meeting included attorneys, physicians, engineers, financial advisers and retirees. Some had served in the military for a few years, some for decades.

A 2016 law allowed all Filipino veterans of World War II who served between July 26, 1941 and Dec. 31, 1946 to receive the Congressional Gold Medal. So far, only 46 Filipino scouts have been presented the award.

Jack Eaton, the oldest living sentinel of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, spent Wednesday morning in Arlington, Virginia, where he saw, for the first time, a recently erected plaque recognizing his guardianship of the monument from January 1938 to December 1939.

In a tell-all book about his time as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, David Shulkin blames a group of political rivals for plotting his demise and warns of “grave danger” ahead for veterans’ health care.

Cremated remains handled by the cemetery south of Mandan are currently buried, but construction is expected to begin next summer on a columbarium, which is a structure designed to hold urns above ground. The cemetery secured federal funding in October for the project.

Robert L. Thoms — nicknamed “Cajun Bob” for his thick native Baton Rouge accent — was awarded the Silver Star medal for “conspicuous gallantry” during the assault on the Arch Tower on Feb. 15, 1968, during some of the most ferocious fighting of North Vietnam’s Tet Offensive.

Everytown for Gun Safety, the country’s largest gun control advocacy organization, released a report that includes a set of recommendations designed to place barriers between veterans in crisis and their firearms.

Last summer, U.S. Army veteran Chris Volkart faced the unthinkable: The prospect of losing his canine companions. The problem: His dogs kept getting out and running around his Northwest Rochester neighborhood.

Non-citizen U.S. military veterans who face deportation were discussed Tuesday during a Congressional hearing that examined the impact of immigration policies on active service members, veterans and their families.

John Conyers Jr., who became the longest-serving African American in Congress, co-founded the Congressional Black Caucus and helped create a national holiday in the name of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. but whose career rapidly crumbled at 88 when he resigned amid sexual harassment allegations, died Oct. 27 at his home in Detroit. He was 90.

The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard intends to be in Buffalo for Saturday's funeral Mass and burial of Lt. Thomas "Jimmy" Crotty, a World War II legend whose remains are expected to return this week to his hometown.