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MURFREESBORO Vietnam War veterans grasped candles in a cold parking lot on Christmas Eve to speak and hear Tennessee Commissioner of Veterans Affairs Many-Bears Grinder thank them for their service. “It means a lot to

When Nixon Matignas served in Iraq with the Army from 2007 to 2009, he had dreams of defending his country and becoming his own man. Never did he imagine hed wind up homeless in San

Theyre some of the nations unsung heroes. Military veterans serve their country at home and overseas, in some of the most dangerous and desolate places in the world. They go into battle and some make

Bud Koshewa never served on a World War II battlefield, but he played a very important role in that fight. He deployed to Alaska more than 70 years ago to keep the countrys communication lines

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Back home from a difficult Army tour in Iraq, it didn’t take long for Kyle O’Hair’s life to unravel. There were nightmares, anxiety and memories of death. He got hooked on drugs. He

DENVER Seventy years after Sidney Shafner left Regis University bound for WWII in Europe, Regis University’s president politely asked the now 93-year old if he could move his tassel from the right to left side

In her role as a San Francisco Superior Court judge at the Hall of Justice, Cynthia Ming-mei Lee often encounters military veterans in criminal cases. You could tell by looking at them they were different,

A group of volunteers has been welcoming veterans and active military servicemen and women home for the holidays at the Grand Rapids airport. Volunteers with Operation Handshake come almost daily around the holidays. They line

Sometimes things can go wrong on a major scale. Think sudden storm on Mount Everest, avalanche on South American ski slopes, safari disaster in Africa. For Americans caught in the thick of it, quick, competent

A Marine Corps veteran from the Sacramento area was awarded a mortgage-free home in Williams. Wells Fargo Bank presented Sgt. Mohamad Akhtar, a firefighter and Purple Heart recipient from Orangevale, the keys to his new

Pearl Harbor Day was observed by a few local veterans posts Dec. 7, but the World War II submariners group stopped holding commemorations. “There are just not enough of them left, or who are well

Salida, CO The non-partisan Vet Voice Foundation joined an estimated 500 people who turned out for a meeting in Salida, Colorado to support Browns Canyon as the next national monument. Five military veterans had the