Veterans Day

Turning to Nature After Returning From Iraq

Stacy Bare | Posted 01.18.2012 | Green

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From soldier to citizen, the woods, the wilderness, the crashing surf, the still desert, or towering mountains are the most effective bridge over that gulf from combat and war to our communities in the suburbs, small towns, cities, and rural areas of America.

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Seeing An Old Photo Through New Eyes On My First Real Veterans Day

Fred Goldring | Posted 01.15.2012 | Politics

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I had passed the photo in the hallway showing the smiling handsome young Naval officer in uniform literally thousands of times over the years, occasionally pausing to marvel at the fact that this was my Dad when he was in his late teens.

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If Twitter Had Existed During World War II...

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 11.14.2011 | Technology

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Forget the museum. History buffs with a fascination for World War II can now follow the perils of the conflict on Twitter. An Oxford history gradua...

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WWII Vet Gets Recognition 66 Years Late

AP | By JOSH LOFTIN | Posted 11.14.2011 | Impact

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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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'Hawaii Five-0' Cast To Aid Veterans Project

AP | Posted 11.14.2011 | Impact

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HONOLULU -- The stars of CBS' "Hawaii Five-0" will be lending a hand off-screen to military school kids at Pearl Harbor. Actors Alex O'Loughlin, Scot...

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WATCH: Movie Made By Real Navy SEALs!

Posted 01.12.2012 | Entertainment

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Even as we thank our troops for their selfless bravery overseas, it's hard to imagine what those acts of bravery actually entail. So, as we continue t...

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My Dad Sarge

Rick Tumlinson | Posted 01.12.2012 | Politics

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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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WATCH: LGBT Veterans Honored For First Time

Posted 01.12.2012 | Gay Voices

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This year's Veterans Day was a special one for many -- marking the first time the national holiday was observed since the repeal of the "Don't Ask, Do...

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SLIDESHOW: Wounded Veterans And Caregivers Get Well-Deserved Makeovers

HuffingtonPost.com | Emily Heinz | Posted 01.11.2012 | Impact

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Laughing has a tendency to be therapeutic. Laughing combined with glamour might be the trick to actual healing. That's where celebrity stylist Mary...

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Obama Urges Congress To Pass Jobs Bill For Veterans

AP | By ERICA WERNER | Posted 01.12.2012 | Politics

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CORONADO, Calif. -- President Barack Obama says veterans of conflicts overseas should not struggle to find work once they return home, and he's urging...

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Homeless Military Widow: "My Heart Is Sad for My Teenager"

Jonathan Handel | Posted 01.11.2012 | Politics

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Cindy Kureth just wants a job and a place to call home. She had both not long ago, but she got laid off, unemployment ran out, and the mortgage com...

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San Francisco City College Finds Success With Two-In-One Veterans' Center

Turnstyle | Posted 01.11.2012 | Politics

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by Nishat Kurwa Photo Credit: Robert Romano Anthony Meade , Air Force veteran and City College student poses in dress uniform. The Veterans Alliance...

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"America the Beautiful" (Audio)

Jimmy Demers | Posted 01.11.2012 | Culture

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In honor of all our veterans, here is my version of "America the Beautiful," which I recorded recently in a good friend's living room. I want to share it with all of you, especially today.

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Singer Joan Baez Serenades Veterans At Occupy Wall Street

Posted 01.11.2012 | Fifty

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The protest movement of the 1960s carried with it a stirring soundtrack; one that rang with counterculture, sang of injustice and called for equal rig...

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EXCLUSIVE: Jim Gaffigan Imagines If He Were In The Military

Posted 01.11.2012 | Comedy

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Just in time for Veterans Day, Jim Gaffigan told us what he would be like if he were forced to join the military today. Gaffigan performed on an al...

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As America Honors Its Heroes, We Can Do More for Homeless Women Veterans

Ralph da Costa Nunez | Posted 01.11.2012 | New York

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On this Veterans Day, as we take pause to remember the veterans who so bravely served our country it's imperative that we not overlook homeless women veterans and their families.

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Iraq War Veteran Tammy Duckworth Leaves Students With Plenty To Think About

Elmhurst, IL Patch | Karen ChadraEmail the Author | Posted 01.11.2012 | Chicago

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Iraqi War veteran Tammy Duckworth began this Veterans Day in the warm embrace of the students and staff at York High School and Edison Elementary. ...

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Veterans Day: Five Books to Read

Michael Giltz | Posted 01.11.2012 | Books

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Willie and Joe: Back Home moved me the most. The cover shows a soldier without a place to stay, sleeping on a park bench and covered in a poster saying "Welcome Home" to the soldiers.

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WWII Vet, 94, Gets Wish Of A Lifetime Granted

HuffingtonPost.com | Emily Heinz | Posted 01.11.2012 | Impact

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Russell Taylor and his wife, Odile, said "I do" on the Cannes Riviera in France 66 years ago. Though a seemingly idyllic beginning to any marriage, th...

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Star-Studded TV Special to Raise Funds for Homecoming Veterans

Lisa Paulsen | Posted 01.11.2012 | Impact

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Extreme Makeover: Home Edition "Rise and Honor" A Veterans Day Special will offer a valuable reminder of the importance of this day, telling the stories of several veterans and their families -- and the revitalized homes that have helped provide them a new lease on life.

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How You Can Help Veterans

Mike Erwin | Posted 01.11.2012 | Impact

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Recent studies underscore the VA's shortage of mental-health programs that are supposed to support an estimated 300,000 post-9/11 Veterans who have psychological wounds, namely, post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury Forecasting this reality, I have an answer for any American who asks the question, "How can I help veterans?"

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Soldiering On

Beth Dalbey | Posted 01.11.2012 | Culture

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War, even when it's an honorable war, changes who soldiers become.

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When Wounded Warriors Come Home

Rev. Christine Miller | Posted 01.11.2012 | Politics

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Families in earlier wars got messages letting them know that their loved one wasn't returning. But with new technologies men and woman actually are coming home... and many aren't the same person who went to war.

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How You Can Support Female Service Members This Veterans Day

Posted 01.10.2012 | Impact

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Iraq Veterans Against the War, is taking a break from talking about withdrawing troops to highlight the needs of current and former women service memb...

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Veterans Day and the Heroes at Home

Mickey Goodman | Posted 01.11.2012 | Impact

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It's not just the heroic servicemen and women who have fought on foreign soils that should be honored this Veteran's Day. The family members who stay behind to keep the home fires burning are also heroes.

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