Volunteers return safely to national cemeteries during COVID-19
Volunteers are returning to national cemeteries under certain circumstances, following strict COVID-19 …
Category: Honoring Vets
Army Veteran recalls his time as POW during Vietnam
On Dec. 8, 2020, U.S. Army Veteran David Harker will celebrate his 75th birthday. He may recognize the …
Friendship in Death: The Nimitz Plot at Golden Gate National Cemetery
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz decided that, in death, he wanted to join his men at Golden Gate with a standard …
Billings Vet Center welcomes Vietnam Veterans home with Quilts of Valor
Mary B. Walter became an official volunteer at the Billing (MT) Vet Center a day after she formally retired …
Remembering Fort Gratiot’s July 1832 cholera victims
Located in Port Huron, Michigan, Lakeside Cemetery Soldiers' Lot memorializes victims of a July 1832 …
Remembering the USS Indianapolis (CA 35) on its 75th Anniversary
Shortly after completing a top-secret delivery of atomic bomb components to Tinian, the USS Indianapolis was …
Sexual assault leads to downward spiral
Brooke Milbocker was smiles on the outside while hiding from the aftermath of a sexual assault that sent her …
Winning design selected in the 2020 Veterans Day Poster Contest
After receiving more than 100 entries for the 2020 Veterans Day Poster Contest, the Veterans Day National …
VA’s Million Veteran Program seeking female Veterans for genetic-based studies
Rosalie Liotta and Cathy Adkins enrolled in VA’s MVP, which learns how genes, lifestyle, and military …
Secretary Wilkie: We must bind our wounds
As President Lincoln said, we can bind up the nation's wounds together. We must listen to one another, …