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October 20, 2019

Vietnam Marine veteran in New Mexico hospice care reunites with beloved dog one last time

A New Mexico man who served with the Marines in Vietnam said a final goodbye last week to the beloved dog he had to put up for adoption when he entered hospice care.

October 19, 2019

Navy veteran's family plans to sue VA over suspicious hospital death ruled a homicide

The family of an 87-year-old U.S. Navy veteran who died suddenly in June 2018 -- reportedly due to a wrongfully administered insulin dose at a Veterans Affairs hospital in West Virginia -- plans to sue the federal Department of Veterans Affairs over the death, which has been ruled a homicide.

October 18, 2019

Navy vet completes journey to all 50 states collecting stories of fallen service members from Gold Star families

When U.S. Navy veteran Keith Sherman began his journey to visit each of the 50 states and interview Gold Star family members there, he had no idea how much the journey would completely change the course of his life.

October 17, 2019

Another Iwo Jima flag-raiser was mis-ID’d, Marine Corps confirms: report

The U.S. Marine Corps admits it has long misidentified one of the service members who took part in the Iwo Jima flag-raising – three years after admitting a similar error.

October 16, 2019

Former VA secretary claims Trump weighed closing parts of health system

Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin has claimed that President Trump considered issuing an executive order to close parts of the VA health system without consulting Congress.

October 15, 2019

Man drives tractor 5,600 miles around US to support wounded vets

Florida resident C. Ivan Stoltzfus on Saturday completed a 5,600-mile journey around the country driving his 1948 John Deere Model A tractor to raise awareness for wounded veterans and the nonprofit Operation Second Chance, a group committed to serving injured and ill veterans.

October 15, 2019

Veteran gets groundbreaking penis transplant after Afghanistan blast injuries

Nine years ago, a US Navy corpsman was tending to wounded soldiers after an ambush by Taliban fighters in Afghanistan when an IED detonated beneath him.

October 13, 2019

Coach Marv Levy: NFL honors World War II ‘Greatest Generation’ – Each team has its own connection to war

It's time for the NFL to honor the service and sacrifice of the "Greatest Generation" before these treasured World War II heroes are gone. Their inspiring values must be instilled in future generations.

October 11, 2019

NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers deny anti-Israel socialist group influenced end of team’s ‘Hometown Hero’ veterans program

The NBA’s Portland Trail Blazers issued a statement Thursday night, denying that the team’s “Hometown Hero” partnership with a supplier to the U.S. military ended because of “external pressure.”

October 10, 2019

Daughter of vet who died in VA hospital under suspicious circumstances speaks out, 'still waiting' for answers

The daughter of a decorated veteran who died suddenly of an insulin overdose at a Veteran's Affair's hospital in West Virginia over a year ago and whose death has been dubbed a homicide told Fox News' Shannon Bream Wednesday that she is "still waiting" for answers into what happened to her father.