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BURLINGTON, Vt., Nov. 24 U.S. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said today he will work to pass bipartisan legislation in the remaining days of this session of Congress to address the crisis

The National World War II Museum’s U.S. Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center was a glow as it usually is at night — but on the eve of Veterans Day, the to and fro of people,

Grateful for his service, the Bank of America gave disabled Army veteran Anthony Shepler a $250 gift card Monday to celebrate Thanksgiving with his family in their renovated Las Vegas home. The bank, along with

During World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged military leaders to come up with valiant names for battles so no mother of a fallen soldier need say her son was killed in an

City officials in Cherokee County, along with the Thomas M. Brady American Legion Post 45 members, are joining forces in a fight to end veteran homelessness. Canton Mayor Gene Hobgood, Woodstock Mayor Donnie Henriques, Waleska

For the third time in 2014, U.S. Bank, in partnership with Freedom Alliance and Five Brothers, are set to donate a home to an injured U.S. Army veteran. Wednesday, Nov. 19, Sgt. Patrick McPherson and

SAN ANTONIO One of our nation’s heroes found out he will soon be moving into a mortgage-free home. Ret. Army Spec. Ilya Rakevich sustained combat-related injuries during his deployment to Afghanistan. On Thursday, during the

Sherri Richards felt desperate. She had seen her car repossessed and the contents of her storage unit sold. The Vancouver, Wash., veteran of the war in Afghanistan was jobless, depressed and uncertain of her future.

Residents come out in force to support veterans contributions to our way of life. Trumpets, drums, choral singers and rumbling motorcycles were all heard at the annual Cortez Veterans Day parade on Tuesday. Lining Montezuma

A Fort Bragg airman will become one of just three Air Force members to receive two Silver Stars during a ceremony this week. Master Sgt. Thomas E. Case, an 18th Air Support Operations Group, Tactical

SAN ANTONIO — By the end of World War II, more than 16 million Americans had served in the military. Today, 1.7 million of those veterans are alive. And for 95-year-old Army veteran Harry Spaulding,

In the 1960s and 70s, the CIA recruited Vang Pao to organize a Hmong fighting force to join America’s “secret war” against the North Vietnamese in Laos. When the war ended, 35,000 Hmong soldiers died,