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July 14, 2021

 

Tuscaloosa VA mourns doctor found dead in Florida building collapse

Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Tuscaloosa, Ala., are mourning the loss of Dr. Gary Cohen, a psychiatrist at the hospital who was found dead last week at the site of the collapsed condo building in Florida.

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Court decides millions of veterans are eligible for more GI Bill benefits

A new court decision, if it holds, would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide billions of dollars in education benefits to more than 1 million post-9/11 veterans. 

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‘They weren’t taking care of our guys’: Veteran dedicates himself to preserving gravestones of those who served

For 15 years, Vietnam veteran Gordon Shepard has taken care of the veterans’ sections at a Massachusetts cemetery.

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Veterans ask NM lawmakers for $50,000 for Angel Fire Vietnam memorial

Veterans working to raise funds to build a half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial are asking state lawmakers to help them raise the last $50,000 needed to get the job done.

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Afghan vet: ‘What have we ended up with at the end of it?’

While the U.S. quickly succeeded in quelling the al-Qaida fighters behind the 9/11 attacks, Americans leave with the Taliban rapidly claiming fresh territory. What do some veterans think about the U.S. withdrawal?

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New DNA techniques helped Army investigators close 34-year-old cold case

Michael Whyte was sentenced last month to life in prison for the murder of Spc. Darlene Krashoc in Colorado Springs, Colo., after Army cold case investigators used new DNA techniques to identify him as a suspect in the 1987 killing.

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Air Force veteran honored for pulling driver from Ohio truck wreck before explosion

Air Force veteran and civilian employee Randy Wilson pulled a driver from a burning truck before it blew up, an act of courage the service has recognized with a valor medal.

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Full honors: Georgia American Legion members provide funeral ceremonies for veterans

The team consists of members of American Legion Posts 30 in Albany, 182 in Leesburg and 335 in Sylvester. Faced with the same dwindling of their ranks as veterans inevitably die, the three posts combined forces to provide sufficient members to provide services at funerals.

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Pen pals spread joy to seniors, veterans at assisted living facilities

Army veteran Robert Fox and his new friend, Stephanie, have become pen pals and written letters to each other during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Buffalo Soldiers plaza in Tucson pays homage to all-Black cavalry and infantry regiments

It pays homage and tells the history of the all-Black cavalry and infantry regiments that were established by Congress in 1866. Four regiments — the 9th and 10th Calvary Regiments and the 24th and 25th Infantry Regiments — were all stationed at Fort Huachuca.

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Everything was going wrong in his life, but then an Air Force veteran won DC’s vaccine lottery

For Sung-ha Jou, a 44-year-old Air Force veteran, one disaster kept leading to the next during the coronavirus pandemic. He lost his job, his home and his van. Then, he got a much-needed break.

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