November 20, 2015 WWII Doolittle Raiders making final toast Thousands of visitors streamed to the national Air Force museum on Saturday to pay a Veterans Day weekend tribute to the few surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders, airmen whose daring raid on Japan helped boost American morale during World War II, as they planned to make their ceremonial final toast together.
November 20, 2015 Civil War officer to receive Medal of Honor 151 years after death at Gettysburg The White House has announced that a Union Army officer killed at the Battle of Gettysburg will receive the Medal of Honor next month in a White House ceremony.Â
November 20, 2015 Newly identified remains of World War II Marine killed at Tarawa heading home The recently identified remains of a Marine hailed for his bravery in battle are heading home 72 years after he was killed on a remote Pacific atoll during World War II.
November 20, 2015 Nation honors veterans and the fallen on Memorial Day Across America, citizens are marking Memorial Day with ceremonies and parades honoring those who gave their lives in war, as well as with less solemn events like barbecues with family and friends.Â
November 5, 2015 Hundreds of strangers give veteran's ashes trip of lifetime A mother is using social media to enlist the help of strangers to scatter son's ashes across the globe in the hope that her adventure-loving son can become part of the world he left behind.
October 24, 2015 Former Army sergeant raising funds for hormone replacement therapy to treat soldiers with brain injury In the last 15 years, more than 330,000 members of the military were diagnosed with at least one traumatic brain injury (TBI).Â
July 31, 2015 Purple Hearts for Ft. Hood victims: Congress aims to right Obama administration wrong Congress is passing legislation which makes eligible those killed and injured in the Fort Hood terrorist attack of 2009 to receive the Purple Heart.
July 16, 2015 How Vietnam, and the sacrifices made by our veterans, became personal for me The movie tour stung at times. The vets were choked up. I was choked up.
July 15, 2015 The United States of America: The one essential, exceptional, indispensable nation I’m proud to be an American because we have done something no other great nation in the history of the world has done – we have used our great power not to enslave others, but to enable them.
July 3, 2015 Sir Nicholas Winton: A hero who should always be remembered The world lost Sir Nicholas this week. He was an uncommon hero not just by the nature of his noble deeds, but by the hero’s humility regarding recognition of his acts.