Army veteran Jason Westcott is leading a convoy this week carrying tens of thousands of fresh balsam wreaths from a Maine farm bound for Arlington National Cemetery in tribute to six battle buddies he lost to suicide.

“Lacrosse was the most important thing to me. But I wasn’t ready to go to college, and in 1967, if you didn’t have plans for the future, Uncle Sam did,” says Purple Heart recipient Jon Ryan, who still plays lacrosse every week.

During their nearly 50 years together, Alice Darrow was fond of saying she filled the bullet-sized hole in her Navy husband’s heart from the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor with love.

Three Hawaii-based Nisei veterans organizations that received commendations from Japan’s Foreign Ministry in a ceremony at Japan’s Honolulu Consulate.

Royce Williams, a veteran involved in a secretive dogfight with seven Russian fighter planes more than 70 years ago, would be eligible for the Medal of Honor upon the passage of a new defense spending bill.

For the first time in 84 years, no survivors of Japan’s surprise attack on Oahu were present at the annual remembrance ceremony Sunday. The few who remain are now more than 100 years old and no longer able to travel.

A Maine airman who died when his plane was shot down over France during World War II has finally returned home.

Shay died at his home in Bretteville-L’Orgueilleuse in France’s Normandy region, his longtime friend and caretaker Marie-Pascale Legrand said.

The purpose of the hearing was to look at how the VA can increase veteran participation in on-the-job training programs and apprenticeships sponsored by the Department of Veterans Affairs. 

Attorneys for Jan “Jay” Carey, a former Army sergeant first class, cite video from police-worn body cameras to claim that he was the target of “vindictive prosecution” after engaging in protest protected by the First Amendment.