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  • WWII Veteran returns to Normandy for 75th Anniversary of D-Day

    WWII Veteran returns to Normandy for 75th Anniversary of D-Day

    On June 6, 1944, Onofrio “No-No” Zicari stormed Omaha Beach in one of the deadliest battles of World War II: D-Day.

  • VA’s national cemeteries to host Memorial Day ceremonies

    VA’s national cemeteries to host Memorial Day ceremonies

    This year, VA is partnering with Carry The Load as they honor fallen Veterans along an 11,500-mile relay, visiting 26 national cemeteries across the country during the month leading up to Memorial Day.

  • Musicians on Call visit Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center patients

    Musicians on Call visit Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center patients

    Musicians on Call volunteer musicians visit Rocky Mountain Regional every Tuesday evening to perform bedside concerts for Veteran patients. R

  • Honoring the first people of America and the warriors who served to protect it

    Honoring the first people of America and the warriors who served to protect it

      HARLINGEN, Texas — VA Texas Valley Coastal Bend Health [...]

  • Presidential Proclamation on Veterans Day, 2018

    Presidential Proclamation on Veterans Day, 2018

    To the 20 million veterans alive today:  this Veterans Day, we recommit ourselves to providing you with the care you deserve.

  • Alabama cemetery committee holds 8th annual Keep the Spirit of ‘45 Alive ceremony

    Alabama cemetery committee holds 8th annual Keep the Spirit of ‘45 Alive ceremony

    The Alabama National Cemetery Support Committee hosted their 8th annual Keep the Spirit of '45 Alive ceremony to establish recognition of WWII legacies.

  • Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery pays final respects to four local Veterans

    Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery pays final respects to four local Veterans

    The Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs works with coroners across the state to identify Veterans in their morgues to identify Veteran remains and give them the military honors they deserve and be put to rest at one of our four Veterans cemeteries.

  • Three men, three generations, three wars 

    Three men, three generations, three wars 

    Like a lot of Veterans, Jerry Marifke didn't talk much about war, neither did his son and grandson. Their mutual service was an unspoken bond of understanding that never required questions.

  • Veteran provides Wisconsin VA with hand-crafted Star-Spangled Banner

    Veteran provides Wisconsin VA with hand-crafted Star-Spangled Banner

    To mark Flag Day 2018, Navy Reserve Veteran Mel Gullickson recently presented the Tomah VA Medical Center with a hand-crafted wooden American flag for the facility's lobby entrance.

  • Hometown hero earns France’s highest military award for service during WWII

    Hometown hero earns France’s highest military award for service during WWII

    Recently at the Southwest Louisiana Veterans Home, Pfc. Amadia Broussard was presented with the highest French meritorious military award for his actions during World War II.

  • From Elvis to Berlin’s Wannasee House, Women’s Army Corps Veteran highlights her life of service

    From Elvis to Berlin’s Wannasee House, Women’s Army Corps Veteran highlights her life of service

    After her high school graduation, Doris Harding enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps and went to Fort McClellan in Anniston, Alabama, where she completed her basic training.

  • National Memorial Day Concert returns for the 29th year to honor those who served

    National Memorial Day Concert returns for the 29th year to honor those who served

    The concert will air live on PBS Sunday, May 27, 2018, from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. before a concert audience of hundreds of thousands and millions more at home and to troops serving around the world via the American Forces Network.

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