November 29, 2015 WWII soldier's letter finally makes it to daughter A World War II soldier's heartfelt letter to his daughter has finally reached her hands, seven decades later.
November 29, 2015 Lawmaker, VA IG Clash Over Death Report at Hearing A House lawmaker and the VA’s acting IG had a heated exchange over the IG report on deaths at the VA hospital in Phoenix, Arizona.
November 29, 2015 90-year-old World War II veteran gets prison sentence for drugs An Indiana man whose age, white hair and folksy style helped conceal his role as a drug courier was sentenced Wednesday — his 90th birthday — to three years in federal prison for hauling more than a ton of cocaine to Michigan.
November 29, 2015 Jim Napoleon Garcia, veteran who died in Albuquerque VA hospital, served in Vietnam A veteran who collapsed in an Albuquerque veterans hospital cafeteria — 500 yards from an emergency room — before he died was a 71-year-old husband who had served in the Vietnam War, his family said Monday.
November 29, 2015 Frank E. Petersen Jr., first black Marine aviator, dies at 83 Frank E. Petersen Jr., the first black aviator and brigadier general in Marine Corps, has died.
November 29, 2015 VA Audit Confirms Veterans' Wait Times Complaints Gordon Wayne Bishop doesn't need to read the headlines to be aware of the problem of long wait times at hospitals and clinics run by the VA. He deals with it firsthand. The 68-year-old Vietnam vet...
November 29, 2015 Lowe's workers stay late to fix vet's wheelchair after appeals to VA go unanswered What the Veterans Administration failed to do for double amputee Michael Sulsona in two years, some New York hardware store workers delivered in an hour: They fixed his worn-out wheelchair.
November 29, 2015 40K Calls for Help at VA’s Homeless Call Center Go Unanswered The VA homeless call center was unable to connect with or refer some 40,000 callers, an inspector generals’ report says.,A Veterans Affairs official on Thursday said the agency is making changes to its homeless veterans national call center, a 60-person department that the VA’s Office of the Inspector General recently concluded had failed to respond to more than 40,000 calls for assistance.
November 29, 2015 WWII aviator shot down in Germany to be buried in Colorado The body of a U.S. aviator who disappeared over Germany during World War II will be buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver on Friday.
November 29, 2015 Army Veterans Recall Layoffs from Previous Eras The latest downsizing of the U.S. Army officer corps brought back memories of similar experiences vets faced decades ago.,The Pentagon's proposed budget for 2015 calls for the service's end-strength to decrease to 440,000-450,000 soldiers by 2017. If sequestration remains in effect, the number may fall to as low as 420,000 soldiers
