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‘Embrace the Suck’–Life as a Gold Star child is a race with no finish

Gold Star daughter Bailey remembers her father, Army Maj. Michael Donahue, lost in Afghanistan in 2014.

Memorial Day help needed at Arlington after record flower donations

Just last week, the Memorial Day Flowers Foundation was not sure if they’d be able to put a flower at little more than 80,000 graves.

From Civil War to mattress sales, Memorial Day full of contradiction

Memorial Day is a time to mourn the nation’s fallen troops, but has also been about taking time off, since the 1860s.

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Sharing pride in their service, pain over their loss

Vets4Warriors, which provides confidential peer support and resources to service members, veterans, and their families 24/7, 365 days a year.

Veterans online registry adds 300K more names ahead of Memorial Day

Nearly 5 million veterans and service members are now included in the online listing.

How QuikClot went from drug company reject to front-line ‘miracle’

Clotting agent QuikClot has helped save lives on the battlefield and beyond. This excerpt from “In the Blood” explores its use in the Iraq War.

Body of Marine vet who went missing in Ukraine in 2022 returns home

More than a year after retired Marine Capt. Grady disappeared in southern Ukraine, his remains will be flown home on Friday.

Retired Special Forces soldier killed in Bakhmut, Ukraine

Retired Staff Sgt. Nicholas Maimer was qualified as a Special Forces engineer sergeant, an infantryman, a cavalry scout and a tank crewman.

Memorial Day flower donations at Arlington have ‘dried up’

A florist organization that has been placing Memorial Day flowers at gravesites at Arlington National Cemetery for over a decade is calling for help.

The women who won the right to fly in combat

Meet a band of women aviators who kicked open the door to fly in combat in this excerpt from “The Fly Girls Revolt” by Eileen A. Bjorkman.