After VA nurse and Army Veteran Maxine Lindsay-Shillingford was diagnosed with COVID-19, her VA telehealth nurse Joanna Sainvil helped save her as she recovered at home.
Edith White was World War II’s “Code Girl,” working with the WAVES unit to crack Japanese codes in the Pacific.
Kevin Burrill, a former paratrooper, found a new calling working with incarcerated Veterans and earned the Volunteer of the Year Award.
"I was getting high fives and I was smiling and crying. I was the last finisher. I felt like a million bucks."
When asked why he volunteers at VA, Rick Bohnke says, “ I couldn’t think of anything better than to help my fellow Veterans.”
Since 1995, the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial has provided a place to honor those who have served and continue to serve our country.
Vietnam Veteran Peter Brusyo Jr. passed away on Aug. 9 last year, just three days after his 72nd birthday – leaving behind his wife, son, daughter, and eight grandchildren. He also left behind his story of service in Vietnam to honor two fellow soldiers killed in action.
As far back as anyone can remember, African American Veterans and citizens in the Mississippi River towns of Vidalia, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi, have come together on Memorial Day to honor military service to the country and pay respects to loved ones interred at the Natchez National Cemetery.
What happens to soldiers’ hearts when they return home from the battlefield? Recent research suggests that Veterans, especially Vietnam Veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are at a higher risk for heart disease. Veterans who have experienced the atrocities of war also are at great risk of being morally wounded.
A boy from Edinburg, who frequently visited Sgt. Alfredo Gonzalez’ name on panel 37E, line 21, of the Vietnam Memorial, was walking in footprints of his childhood hero a half-a-world away and almost 50 years after his death.
This December, we remember the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Today, we remember the fallen, honor those who protect and defend us and ask what more can we do serve each other and our nation in their honor.
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