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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,

In the Army Times latest Best for Vets: Law Enforcement survey, over 70 percent of responding agencies stated they offer retirement credit for military service. In their last survey of private-sector employers, less than 1

BOSCAWEN, N.H. A ceremony was held Tuesday to mark Veterans Day at the state Veterans Cemetery in Boscawen, the final resting place for 5,000 servicemen and women. Many gathered at the cemetery to remember those

HUNTINGTON Marshall University will celebrate the lives and contributions of its veterans and all veterans in the community with a variety of activities being staged next week in conjunction with Veterans Day, which is Tuesday,

As tens of thousands of Americans headed overseas to fight wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the past decade, the federal government had a program in place to give those injured in service a boost