Veteran

Memorial Day Is Every Day

Deborah Schoeberlein | Posted 05.31.2012

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Monday was a national day of memory. For those of you who forgot to remember, its never too late to stand by those who have fallen.

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Vietnam Vets and How I Got That Story

Lauren Selman | Posted 05.15.2012

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During the Vietnam War, networks set up permanent offices in Saigon and sent hundreds of correspondents there throughout the war, and How I Got That Story puts the journalist on the front page and shows their story.

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2 Vets Work To Rebuild Baltimore's Most Dangerous Neighborhood

TakePart.com | Posted 03.07.2012

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Most evenings, Earl Johnson sits outside his new home, props his feet up, and chats with his neighbors. A year ago, this was unheard of in Oliver—on...

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Man Receives Lost Wallet 35 Years Later

Posted 02.27.2012

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When Gean Brown Jr. misplaced his wallet while installing pipes in the attic of a Kansas home around 1976-77, he thought it was gone forever. But ...

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WWII Vet Gets Bronze Star, 68 Years Late

Forest Hills Patch | Posted 02.10.2012

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Arno Heller, a Rego Park resident and World War II veteran, earned a Bronze Star for his commitment to duty — it just came a little late. During ...

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NY Woman Beats Rare Eye Disease, Donates Disability Checks To Those In Need

Posted 01.31.2012

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After overcoming a rare eye disease, Cassy Rivera is seeing things more clearly. Grateful to have had her eyesight restored, Rivera, a Brooklyn mot...

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Conn. Man Protects 1,000 Acres Of Trails

Tolland Patch | Posted 01.19.2012

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Tolland resident Ken Hankinson has an important mission with some serious obstacles; he wants to conserve Tolland's open space and natural beauty with...

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WWII Vet Gets Recognition 66 Years Late

AP | By JOSH LOFTIN | Posted 11.14.2011

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By JOSH LOFTIN, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY -- More than six decades after being freed from a Japanese prisoner of war camp, a Utah veteran was...

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My Dad Sarge

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 01.12.2012

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My dad (like every vet I have ever met) is heavily defined by his military service. They are soldiers. It is not something they did. It is not a job they held. It is who they are.

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"Ghost Ship Sails Through Night And Day"

Alexandra Holzer | Posted 01.11.2012

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There's rumor of an ancient story of the privateer Dash, which was lost in a gale in 1815 off the coast of Maine. Since her disappearance, she has been sighted multiple times -- plain as day with her name visible on the hull.

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Disability Employment Awareness Month: A Call To Hire Disabled Vets

Jim Gibbons | Posted 12.08.2011

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As a person who is blind, I often talk about the value of hiring people with disabilities. That is because they are uniquely equipped to confront chal...

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POTUS Makes it Clear: Hiring Vets Is Good Business

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 10.05.2011

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12.4 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan vets are unemployed as of July. In real numbers, that's 232,000 new veterans struggling to find work. That's a number small enough that if our nation really focused on it, we could make a real dent.

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Let The Terminally Ill Decide

Joseph Nowinski, Ph.D. | Posted 09.15.2011

Read More: End of Life Care, End of Life Planning, Korean War, Dying, Death & Who Makes the Decisions, Veteran, Death & Dying, Who Should Make Decisions, Death, Healthy Living News

Uncle Ed was what you would call a man's man. A Korean War Veteran, he was nothing if not a planner. Yet at 84, we could not help but wonder who should make the decisions?

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Veteran Unemployment Rate Soars

latimes.com | Los Angeles Times | Posted 09.10.2011

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Unemployment among recently returned veterans, already in double digits, is poised to get worse as more soldiers return from Iraq and Afghanistan....

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Vet Killed on Coaster: Questions Swirl After Fall at Theme Park

AP | CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 09.09.2011

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — A 208-foot-tall roller coaster in upstate New York remained closed Sunday amid questions about the falling death of an Iraq war ...

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WATCH: Disabled Veteran's Charity Home Blocked By Homeowners Association

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 08.30.2011

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Even after laying his life on the line for the country, and sustaining injuries because of it, Sean Gittens couldn't get the charity house he was offe...

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The Importance Of Giving Veterans A Voice

Leila Levinson | Posted 11.17.2011

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Civilians have a critical role to pay in helping veterans and their families heal from war. Dedicating virtual and real space to veterans for storytelling would help them break free of their silence.

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SBA's New Web Site Is a Clunker

Jerry Chautin | Posted 05.25.2011

The U.S. Small Business Administration has a cadre of talented staff whose goal is to help small-business owners succeed. Yet, if there was ever a way to tell someone to not go into business, their newly redesigned website is it.

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NEW BATTLE: Recent Vets Face Grim Job Prospects

washingtonpost.com | Michael A. Fletcher | Posted 05.25.2011

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During the seven months that he was stationed in Iraq, Joe Janssen served as an assaultman, a job that involved manning the turret gun in a Humvee and...

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The Army-Navy Game: Transcending Sports and Politics

PhillyPhanatics.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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I am a liberal Democrat who is opposed to the War in Afghanistan, was against the War in Iraq, and protested against the Vietnam War years ago. I guess you could call me a pacifist. But I love watching the Army-Navy game.

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Salute To Service: Veteran Jason Hurd Shares His Open Letter To America

The Huffington Post | Jason Hurd | Posted 05.25.2011

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In honor of Veterans Day, Huffington Post Impact and Causecast present Salute To Service, a week-long series honoring the remarkable men and women of ...

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Salute To Service: Veteran Paula Broadwell Shares Her Letter To America

The Huffington Post | Paula Broadwell | Posted 05.25.2011

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In honor of Veterans Day, Huffington Post Impact and Causecast present Salute To Service, a week-long series honoring the remarkable men and women of ...

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This Veterans Day, Let's Show Our Vets We've Got Their Backs

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 11.17.2011

It doesn't matter if you voted for the Green Party or the Tea Party, live in Boston or the Bayou; Veterans Day is about uniting as a country and supporting our nation's troops and veterans.

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Books For Remembering The Last Good War

Lena Tabori | Posted 05.25.2011

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On Veteran's Day 2010, my tendency is to remember World War II. Here are my personal favorites that bring back a mix of emotions, given my father's own involvement and the pride I also have over the books I've published.

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Vet Logs 10,000 Volunteer Hours At WWII Museum

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW ORLEANS — The National World War II Museum is honoring a man who parachuted behind Nazi lines on D-Day. But Tom Blakey is being recognized f...

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