Veterans can attend virtual events for National Vietnam War Veterans Day
National Vietnam War Veterans Day is March 29. Organizers canceled or postponed many events to slow the …
Category: Honoring Vets
75th Anniversary of the Flag Raising at Iwo Jima
On Feb. 23, 1945, five days after the initial assault on the island of Iwo Jima, Marines took control of the …
Ceremony honors Battle of Iwo Jima Veterans
The Friends of the National World War II Memorial honored Veterans from the Battle of Iwo Jima during a 75th …
VA Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War
This year, VA again joins more than 11,000 organizations across the country as a commemorative partner …
Veteran’s family receives long overdue medal
The family of a deceased World War II Coast Guard Veteran received a Purple Heart Medal for an incident that …
Maj. Howard V. Lee: Just Doing My Duty
Maj. Howard V. Lee was born in August 1933 in New York City. While in his final year at Pace College …
Korean War landmine victim committed himself to helping others
Irvin Axelrod, an Army Pfc. in the Korean War, was the victim of a landmine explosion in 1951 that led to …
2020 National Veterans Day Poster Contest
Calling all artists! The 2020 National Veterans Day Poster Contest is underway. Each year the Veterans Day …
Charles Beckwith: The Father of Delta Force
Colonel Charles Beckwith was a Special Forces officer who founded the secretive special operations unit …
Veterans have options for seeing Vietnam memorial wall
Veterans, families, friends and the general public have several options to see Vietnam memorial walls in …