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All WWII vets would get VA medical benefits under budget bill

The $1.7 trillion spending measure also includes the creation of a "Buddy Check Week" to help prevent veterans suicides.

By Leo Shane III

9 months ago

Legislation targets GI Bill racial inequities

The legislation would extend the VA Loan Guaranty Program and GI Bill educational assistance to Black WWII veterans and their descendants who are alive at the time of the bill’s enactment.

23 months ago

8 surviving members of famed Merrill’s Marauders to receive Congressional Gold Medal

The recognition by Congress shines “a light on that forgotten theater in the Pacific that was so crucial in defeating the Japanese. We did it because our country needed us.”

By Claire Barrett

3 years ago

WWII-era ‘Merrill’s Marauders’ veterans reflect on Burma campaign’s 75th anniversary

“We did not see ourselves as heroes. We had volunteered for a mission and we handled every situation that came our way. The end result tells how we did.”

By Joshua Axelrod

4 years ago

Texas WWII veterans honored for rescuing prisoners in concentration camps

At least 36 Texas veterans were honored at Holocaust Museum Houston for their work rescuing prisoners from concentration camps.

By Alyson Ward, Houston Chronicle

5 years ago

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