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‘A new challenge’: Air Force vet becomes two-time living organ donor
Air Force veteran Lindsay Gutierrez is a two-time living organ donor after giving a kidney to a fellow veteran and part of her liver to another recipient.
By Clay Beyersdorfer
Audie Murphy made a name for himself in battle and on the screen
Audie Murphy was well-known as the most highly decorated American soldier of World War II
By Mark Grimsley
Video: US troops celebrate the first 'Veterans Day’ in 1918, 100 years ago
Before Veterans Day, it was Armistice Day, commemorating the surrender of Germany in WWI. Watch our “doughboys” get the news of their victory in the trenches.
By Alex Griffith
On consumer credit and unintended consequences
Consumers — members of our armed services most of all — must be protected from bad actors, but not with blanket rules that fail to account for their very real needs and that risk bringing real harm to their economic security, says the author of this commentary.
By Bill Himpler
Video: How Armistice Day became Veterans Day
How Armistice Day became Veterans Day
By Armchair Historian
Even bigger budgets for VA? Secretary offers his thoughts on department progress, challenges
After 16 months on the job, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie insists the department is performing better than ever before.
Being a cop is not the only job for you when you leave the military
For anyone, switching careers is daunting, and for the quarter million military members who leave the military each year, the notion that there are few post-military careers in the civilian world that don’t require carrying a gun and wearing body armor, makes the task even more challenging.
By Mark Mckerrick
Veterans can now access their VA medical records through their iPhones
The VA has partnered with Apple to let veterans access their medical information on their iPhones.
By Patricia Kime
Interview: Jan C. Scruggs, president of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
Led by Jan Scruggs, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund continues as The Wall’s caretaker.
By Vietnam magazine
Gene Roddenberry’s near-death experiences in the Pacific War
The future creator of “Star Trek” served in the South Pacific as a B-17 pilot, surviving tropical storms, flak and a fatal crash.
By Steve Birdsall