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Texas WWII veteran asks for 100 digital birthday wishes for his 100th birthday

We are the last generation to know our World War II veterans and the sacrifices they gave for our freedom. I’ve had a few veterans and POWs sit and tell me about their experiences during ...

34-year-old veteran dies by suicide after attending funerals of 9 friends killed in action

Now more than ever before do we understand the long-term psychological effects war can have on a person. We can better comprehend the trauma experienced by those who have experienced war, better fathom the depths ...

Navy veteran and cancer survivor donates 28 inches of hair for cancer patient wigs

When Fernando Trujillo was in the Navy he had to cut his hair often or else he ran the risk of violating the Navy’s grooming standards. But after he retired from a 24-year career in ...

102-year-old veteran fights off home invader who attacked him at his front door

One would-be home invader might have been forgiven for thinking he’d picked easy targets in 102-year-old John and his 97-year-old wife Joan. He was in the surprise of his life when John fought him off ...

Hundreds brave snowstorm to say goodbye to 91-year-old Air Force veteran with no family

Air Force Staff Sergeant Clyde Baldwin died on January 18. He was 91 years old. At the time of his death he didn’t have any local family members – his only known relative was in ...

Gary Sinise awarded the Patriot Award for supporting veterans and he really deserves it

Hollywood star Gary Sinise is well known for the many ways in which he honors the U.S. military. The Forrest Gump star established his own organization – dubbed ‘The Gary Sinise Foundation’ – and through that has been able ...

Super Bowl winner Patrick Mahomes builds homes for veterans in his free time

Patrick Mahomes may only be 24, but he’s already on course to rewrite history in the NFL. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback was the 2018 NFL MVP and just this weekend claimed a Super Bowl ...

Veteran collapses in disbelief after learning the value of his 1971 Rolex

How would you react if someone told you a watch you purchased decades earlier was worth several hundreds of thousands dollars? Would you gasp? Yell? Jump up and down? Shout in disbelief? Perhaps you would ...

Three American firefighters who died fighting Australian fires were military veterans

On Thursday, a C-130 Hercules firefighting plane with three American firefighters onboard crashed in New South Wales, Australia. According to officials initials reports suggest a “large fireball” was seen as the plane hit the ground. ...

Anne Robson, believed to be Scotland’s oldest living WWII female veteran, dies at 108

World War II changed the course of history, and to this day we owe our gratitude to the people who fought for freedom all those decades ago. We’re lucky to still have veterans of the ...