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July 1, 2016

Washington flummoxed over federal Confederate flag displays

A year after South Carolina removed the Confederate flag from its capitol grounds, official Washington is struggling with further restrictions on the flag's display on federal property, including the U.S. Capitol complex.

June 30, 2016

Dogs Give Vets Faith in Society Again

New efforts pair service animals with our most deserving military

June 29, 2016

Photos of American flags in piles at veterans cemetery spark anger

Rhode Island's Director of Veterans Affairs said Wednesday he was “speechless” after seeing photos of American flags strewn in a pile, one by a trash bin and one by a shed in a blatant violation of protocol, at a veterans cemetery in Exeter.

June 29, 2016

‘Must not be forgotten’: Desert Storm vets on mission to build DC memorial

Scott Stump had the idea for a Persian Gulf War memorial years ago. But it wasn’t until the 25th anniversary of the 1991 cease-fire arrived – and the Pentagon chose not to hold a single official event marking the day – that he truly realized how important it was.

June 29, 2016

US flags strewn among trash at Veteran's Memorial Cemetery

The discovery of tattered American flags strewn among a pile of trash at Veteran's Memorial Cemetery in Rhode Island has residents outraged.

June 23, 2016

Marines: Man in Iwo Jima flag raising photo misidentified

One of the six men long identified in an iconic World War II photograph showing the raising of the American flag at Iwo Jima was actually not in the image, the Marine Corps announced Thursday after conducting an investigation prompted by the claims of two amateur historians.

June 23, 2016

Texas VA medical center accused of falsifying veteran wait times

The Inspector General issued a scathing report Monday accusing a Houston VA medical center of intentionally falsifying patient wait times -- allegations that, if true, occurred more than a year after a national exposé revealed widespread corruption within VA hospitals and efforts by officials to hide it.

June 22, 2016

One of two remaining airmen who flew in World War II 'Doolittle Raid' dies

One of the last two surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders -- who bombed Japan in an attack that stunned that nation and boosted U.S. morale -- has died in Montana, his family said.

June 22, 2016

Navy vet says she got apology note after being shamed for parking in vets-only space

The person who wrote a note that later went viral on the Internet criticizing a woman for parking in a “veterans only” parking space, has written a second note – of apology – after learning Rebecca Landis Hayes was indeed a U.S. Navy vet.

June 21, 2016

Vietnam War helicopter pilot to receive Medal of Honor 49 years after saving wounded soldiers

Some five decades after he led a platoon credited with rescuing dozens of soldiers pinned down by enemy fire, a Vietnam War veteran will be awarded the nation's highest military honor for valor, the White House announced on Tuesday.