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The flight nurses of the Pacific who saved thousands of Marines
As U.S. Marines desperately crawled, ran and slipped toward the entrenched Japanese on Iwo Jima in February 1945, U.S. Naval and Marine planners were met with another pressing issue: how to get the wounded out of the exposed, shifting black volcanic sand and off an island little more than four miles long. On March 6, 1945, the Navy found its…
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During WWI, this German sub sailed into a US harbor — uninvited
Sailors lined the railings of American destroyers in Newport Harbor, staring in disbelief at the sight before them. Under a bright blue sky, a large gray submarine floated gently on the placid waters of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay, within hailing distance of Naval Station Newport, then known as Newport Training…
Inside the push for Agent Orange victims memorial in small-town Utah
Former Air Force Sgt. Larry Kerr has been lobbying for years to come up with a plan to honor the Vietnam veterans who developed cancers and other related diseases from exposure to the Agent Orange defoliant that their leaders, and what was then the Veterans Administration, claimed was safe.“I just…
They served in Asia and came home. Decades later, the kids they left behind are searching for them.
This story was originally published by The War Horse, a nonprofit newsroom covering the human experience and cost of military service. Get more reporting like this in your inbox.Bernardino Mijares has spent most of his life searching for his father. For many years, all the 33-year-old tricycle taxi driver knew…
Veteran suicides declined in 2024 for second straight year
Editor’s note: This report contains discussion of suicide. Troops, veterans and family members experiencing suicidal thoughts can call the 24-hour Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988 and dial 1, text 838255 or visit VeteransCrisisLine.net.Fewer veterans died by suicide in 2024 than the previous year, and the rate — the number…
Supreme Court hears incarcerated veteran’s case challenging process for VA claims appeals
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in the case of an incarcerated veteran who, in challenging federal rules that reduce benefits for imprisoned vets, has questioned the judicial review of claims decisions.Floyd Johnson, who served in the Army from 1983 to 1985, was sentenced in 2013 to 40 years…
2 veterans battle in court and online over defamation, for-profit claims processing
A county government official and U.S. Navy veteran in Illinois is suing a for-profit company and its founder, a U.S. Army veteran, for alleged defamation of character in connection with issues related to veterans’ disability claims.Andrew Tangen, attorney and superintendent of the Veterans Assistance Commission of Lake County, Illinois, alleges…