May 3, 2016 2 high-ranking VA officials demoted amid allegations they manipulated agency's hiring system Two high-ranking officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs were demoted Friday in response to allegations that they manipulated the agency's hiring system for their own gain.
May 3, 2016 Japan bombed the US mainland during World War II hoping to start a forest fire Japan conducted two surprise attacks on the U.S. mainland less than a year after Pearl Harbor, with the goal of starting wildfires.
May 3, 2016 The crazy story of the man who fought for Finland, the Nazis, and US Army Special Forces Larry Thorne enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private in 1954, but he was already a war hero.
May 3, 2016 Online campaign to reunite D-Day vet with wartime sweetheart Supporters of a World War II veteran are raising money to send him to Australia to reunite with his wartime love in person, more than seven decades later.
May 3, 2016 New law helps veterans find work protecting borders A new law will help hundreds of military veterans find jobs protecting America’s borders.
May 3, 2016 Uber, Lyft team up, offer homeless vets free rides to job interviews Veterans who have fallen on hard times can soon receive free rides to job interviews and other employment events, in a new partnership among the major ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft, the White House revealed Tuesday.
May 3, 2016 How the Russians captured an American jet in the Korean War In the skies over Korea in the 1950s, both the Soviet Union and the U.S. debuted similar jet fighters, but the Soviets managed to capture a F-86 Sabre.
May 3, 2016 A British mad scientist developed a way to trigger earthquakes in World War II At the outbreak of World War II, a British engineer named Dr. Barnes Wallis came up with a plan to weaponize earthquakes.
May 3, 2016 Victim of Colorado Springs gunman was veteran who survived three tours in Iraq An Army veteran survived three deployments in Iraq, only to be shot dead while bicycling in Colorado Springs, his former wife said Tuesday.
May 3, 2016 Homeless in the Country They Served Why President Obama’s promise to end veteran homelessness is falling short.