Lorraine Demarest flashed a wide smile and tipped her “World War II Veteran” hat while revelers stood to belt out the “Happy Birthday” song.

Some U.S. veterans who have served prison sentences are being stripped of their legal residencies and could be deported.

Randy “Duke” Cunningham died Wednesday at age 83. He served eight terms in Congress before pleading guilty to corruption charges in 2005. The scandal overshadowed a decorated military career as an ace pilot in the Vietnam War.

The Air Force reversed a 2021 decision to deny funeral honors for the veteran who was killed during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

A portion of California’s Interstate 80 was officially dedicated as the Sgt. Nicole Gee U.S. Marine Corps Memorial Highway, honoring the Marine killed during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.

Donald McPherson served as a Navy fighter pilot aboard the aircraft carrier USS Essex in the Pacific theater, where he engaged Japanese forces during the final years of the war.

Frank Caprio, a TV judge with a particular fondness for the military veterans who appeared in his Rhode Island courtroom, died of pancreatic cancer. He was 88.

A new agreement between the University of Hawaii and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency will enhance efforts to find and identify America’s missing war dead.

Former U.S. Air Force pilot Richard Hess wrote an all-encompassing memoir of his military experiences interwoven with details of family, friends and faith.

A 100 year-old World War II veteran and Marine tank driver reunited with the tank that once carried him through the Battle of Iwo Jima.