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Valentines wanted: 104-year-old Iwo Jima Marine veteran wants one thing this Valentine’s Day
“I’ll save every one of them like I’ve been saving little things that have come up until right now and they’ll be a personal part of my history."
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75 years on, Battle of the Bulge memories bond people
As a schoolboy three quarters of a century ago, Marcel Schmetz would regularly see open trucks rumble past to a makeshift American cemetery — filled with bodies, some headless, some limbless, blood seeping from the vehicles onto the roads that the U.S. soldiers had given their lives to liberate.
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Tuskegee Airman celebrates 100th birthday with flight
A member of the Tuskegee Airmen celebrated his 100th birthday by taking a flight.
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Honors given in Nevada burial of unclaimed remains of 17 veterans
The remains of 17 U.S. military service members who went unclaimed by relatives after their deaths in the Las Vegas area since 1992 have been laid to rest with an honor guard salute in Boulder City.
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75 years after his last mission, WWII bomber pilot recounts ‘sheer terror’ of bombing runs over Nazi Germany
The Eighth Air Force suffered more killed in action during World War II than the Marine Corps.
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Twin brothers stuck together through 41 years of military service
Like many twins, the Markham brothers shared secrets. But most twins’ secrets probably don’t involve duping the United States military.
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An honor to fight: 95-year-old WWII veteran reflects decades after war
The beginning of his time in the military began in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, for basic training.
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Marine who lost legs to IED in Afghanistan competes in half-marathon races, finds sobriety
Marine veteran Tomy Parker often wears the same orange pants he was issued while serving time for possession of methamphetamine and heroin.
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A ‘Warrior Tradition’: Why Native Americans continue fighting for the same government that tried to wipe them out
Since 9/11, nearly 19 percent of Native Americans have served in the armed forces, compared to an average of 14 percent of all other ethnicities.
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WWII vet, 100, takes to Reddit to answers questions
Despite his service in WWII, Welch said the most “tense” moment of his life was when he tied the knot.
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