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ICYMI: Facebook LIVE VA Caregiver Support Program Expansion

Posted on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 12:00 pmNovember 25, 2020 Posted in Caregivers, Health, Top Stories by VAntage Point Contributor 8k views

VA and Vietnam Veterans of American hosted a Facebook Live event about the recent expansion of VA’s …

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Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers to expand

Posted on Monday, August 31, 2020 10:00 amAugust 27, 2020 Posted in Caregivers, Health, Top Stories by VAntage Point Contributor 81k views

The Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers will expand sometime in October, with a launch …

AVS for WWII Veteran Paul Kennedy

Paul Kennedy: All Hell Broke Loose

Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2020 2:00 pmAugust 17, 2020 Posted in AVS by VAntage Point Contributor 1k views

Signalman First Class Paul Kennedy was serving deck duty on the USS Sacramento in Pearl Harbor when the …

Army Air Corps Veteran Edward Stever is today's Veteran of the Day.

#VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Corps Veteran Edward Stever

Posted on Tuesday, September 10, 2019 11:30 amSeptember 5, 2019 Posted in Veteran of the Day by Slavic Yezersky 442 views

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Edward Stever, who served with the Army Air Corps …

Navajo Code Talker Thomas H. Begay

Remembering the Navajo Code Talkers

Posted on Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:30 pmAugust 14, 2019 Posted in Honoring Vets, Native American Veterans, Top Stories by Reynaldo Leal 27k views

On National Navajo Code Talker Day, we celebrate the tenacity and remember the courage of the code talkers …

#VeteranOfTheDay Erling Arnson

#VeteranOfTheDay Army Air Forces Veteran Erling L. Arnson

Posted on Friday, July 19, 2019 12:00 pmJuly 19, 2019 Posted in Veteran of the Day by VAntage Point Contributor 497 views

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Forces Veteran Erling L. Arnson. He was an Army Air Forces Staff …

Family photo of Mr. Hunnicutt and his relatives who attended his 102nd birthday celebration

VA clinic celebrates WWII Veteran’s 102nd birthday

Posted on Monday, July 15, 2019 10:09 amJuly 15, 2019 Posted in Honoring Vets by VAntage Point Contributor 1k views

The McCurtain County VA Clinic and members of the local community gathered to celebrate World War II Veteran …

Borne the Battle Ep 151: WWII Weekend Pt. II

Borne The Battle 151: WWII Weekend Part Two: Army Veteran Walter Stitt and Navy Veteran Victor Maurelli

Posted on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 8:13 amDecember 10, 2019 Posted in Borne the Battle podcast, Honoring Vets, Top Stories by Tanner Iskra 1k views

This week we’re revisiting the Reading's WWII Weekend. Walter Stitt was a Sherman Tank Gun Loader with …

#VeteranoftheDay Richard Heh

#VeteranOfTheDay Air Force Veteran Richard Heh

Posted on Monday, April 22, 2019 6:00 pmApril 22, 2019 Posted in Veteran of the Day by Ben Szalinski 332 views

Air Force Second Lieutenant Richard Heh flew bomber missions in Europe during World War II and was captured …

#VeteranoftheDay Duane Iossi

#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Duane D. Iossi

Posted on Thursday, April 18, 2019 6:00 pmApril 18, 2019 Posted in Veteran of the Day by Nicholas Rogers-Dillon 340 views

Navy Veteran Duane Iossi participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval engagement of World War II.

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