VA officials kept veterans in the dark about a bacteria contamination at the Brockton Veterans Affairs facility in Boston even though it can cause a severe form of pneumonia with a mortality rate up to… Read More
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U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) sent a letter last week to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald urging him to improve access to health care for veterans on the rural North Coast under… Read More
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The state of Oregon accuses the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of breaking a law that gives preference to blind people to run vending operations on government property. Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, acting on behalf… Read More
AVON PARK Larry Roberts works hard to uphold the creed and takes care to especially follow the lines of the U.S. Soldiers Creed pertaining to his fellow comrades and veterans: I will never accept defeat…. Read More
In the service: Windham resident John Postemski, 81, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1953 at 18, dropping out of high school as the Korean War wound down. He spent a year at Fort Dix, N.J…. Read More
Effective, Jan. 26, the Fayetteville Vet Center will move to a new location. The new location for the Fayetteville Vet Center is 2301 Robeson Street, Suite 103, Fayetteville, NC 28305; Phone: (910) 488-6252. The relocation… Read More
TORRINGTON >> Nicholas Samal, 94, a World War II veteran from Torrington, was presented with replacement medals by Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty at a ceremony at the Torrington Health & Rehabilitation Center, a nursing home at… Read More
A new study confirms recent veterans coming home from war are at higher risk for committing suicide than ever before. A detailed study will be published next month in the Annals of Epidemiology. The study… Read More
WINONA, Minn. Dozens of people who attended the burial service for a Vietnam veteran in Winona never had a chance to meet the man. Richard Rhodes died alone in his downtown Winona apartment about a… Read More
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WJCL) Investigators with the Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) were back on the scene of a fatal hit-and-run Tuesday morning. Crews worked to gather more information on the crime in hopes of solving… Read More