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February 8, 2016

VA demands proof World War II combat vet with Purple Heart served in military

The VA won’t pay benefits to a World War II vet in his 90s who was wounded in combat and earned a Purple Heart.

February 1, 2016

Veteran wounded in Okinawa awarded Purple Heart 70 years later

A 90-year-old New York man wounded by Japanese fighter planes in World War II has been awarded a Purple Heart — 70 years after rescuing a fellow sailor.

January 30, 2016

Banished US veterans lean on each other south of border

They served the U.S. on battlefields from Korea to Iraq, but now they live in the shadow of the nation they once served, deported to Mexico for offenses as minor as getting caught with marijuana.

January 29, 2016

WWII paratrooper dies after brief reunion with his wife

A World War II paratrooper from Colorado who was initially denied permission to move into the same nursing home as his wife has passed away after a brief reunion.

January 29, 2016

WWII-era female flyers are fighting for military burial honors

Women Airforce Service Pilot Elaine Danforth Harmon’s last wish was to have her ashes inurned at Arlington National Cemetery, and her family started a petition that got the ball rolling.

January 28, 2016

VA Secretary about to sign draft master plan for West LA campus

Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald is traveling to Los Angeles to sign the draft master plan for the West LA VA campus after months of advocacy by local veteran leaders to get their peers’ voices heard.

January 28, 2016

Alyce Dixon, oldest female veteran, dead at 108

Alyce Dixon, one of the first African-American women to serve in the army and believed to be the oldest living female veteran, died Wednesday.

January 27, 2016

World War I national memorial inches closer to reality

A monument honoring the Americans who fought and died during World War I is one step closer to reality.

January 22, 2016

Defense slams murder indictment of officer who killed Air Force vet

A white Atlanta-area police officer who shot a naked, mentally ill black veteran who was unarmed has been indicted on felony murder and other charges.

January 21, 2016

Watch actual footage from the first Apache strikes of Desert Storm

On January 17, 1991, seven months after Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein invaded and tried to annex neighboring Kuwait, the world decided it had enough.