HonoringVets

This December, we remember the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Earlier this month, the Honor Flight Columbus organization out of Ohio sent the city’s first all-women Veterans’ Honor Flight to the nation’s capital.

We asked a few OIF/OEF Veterans how they feel about being thanked for their service and discovered some common themes.

On March 29, 2016, Vietnam Veterans will be honored with events across the country and a Wreath Laying Commemoration Ceremony at the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. Check with your local VA facility to see when they are hosting their Vietnam 50th commemoration event.

As we approach March 29 and this Vietnam Veterans Day, take the time to remember those who honorably served.

During this year’s Black History Month, let us honor and celebrate all African American Veterans who have risked, and often sacrificed, their lives in service to this great nation.

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Fourteen years after the end of the war in Vietnam and several years after the creation of the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Washington, D.C., the state of New Jersey finally had a fitting monument for the men and women who lost their lives in Southeast Asia. The memorial, located on the grounds of the PNCBank Arts Center, was designed by Hien Nguyen of Marlboro, New Jersey. Nguyen, an architect, is a former South Vietnamese citizen forced to flee his country with his mother and sister after the communist takeover in 1975. His family fought at the side of American troops during the entire length of the Vietnam War.

Members of The Last Patrol were told they could expect muscle stiffness and sore legs, shin splints, pain and tingling in the feet, and blisters. They were told the temperature could spike to 90 degrees and the weather could turn rainy and humid.

Today marks the anniversary of the start of the Gulf […]