Monthly Archives: January 2005

Survey Offers First Glimpse of 'War on Terror'; Combat Veterans Seeking Homeless Assistance WASHINGTON-- Combat veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and...

Bush gives up hunt for WMD in Iraq  Washington: Bush has finally given up the search for Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in Iraq, which was...

Former U.S. spies want to come in from the coldBy ALAN FREEMAN WASHINGTON -- They claim to be the spies who were left out in the...

Vietnam traveling wall headed to Ohio By Joe Mizer Pictured left: Tom Burke shows a video of the Vietnam Veterans Traveling Wall Although the Traveling Wall...

Veterans Home couple says 'I do'By LISA HART BARSTOW The sun broke through the stormy clouds and poured into the chapel at the...

New videos shown of Iraq abuse scandal shock the world FORT HOOD, Texas - A lawyer for Charles Graner, accused ringleader in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal,...

Veterans memorial spurs debate in Alabama HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) Transforming a Huntsville park into a veterans memorial has drawn verbal volleys over soldiers who...

Vietnam vet's remains found For more than three decades, Pearl River High School classmates Russ Williams and Bill Harris have worn metal bracelets engraved with...

500 grave markers to be bought for veteransBy John Finnerty Pennsylvania plans to buy close to 500 grave markers this year, a Veterans Affairs...

Guard, Reserve vets urged to check on VA benefits By Jeff Lester National Guard and reserve troops who have served in Afghanistan and/or Iraq qualify...

Veterans' groups speak out against Gonzales' nominationBy Leo Shane III  WASHINGTON Several veterans groups on Wednesday joined the chorus of opposition to President Bush's...

DAYTON, Ohio - When Mike Jackson returned from the Vietnam War in 1972, he was met by anti-war protesters like many colleagues and was...

One soldier's survival storyBy John Boyle The roadside bomb ripped through the Humvee and the soldiers riding inside, tearing flesh from the bone and pelting...

Homeless veterans recognized for contributions to their countryBy Bruce Shreiner LOUISVILLE, Ky. - As a young soldier, Ronnie Richardson manned a dangerous outpost near the...

Dioxin Pay for Veterans Costs Billions WASHINGTON - The United States sprayed more than 19 million gallons of defoliant over the jungles of Vietnam, a...

Veterans' needs merit more care in DenverBy Jim Spencer The news out of Denver's VA hospital is pathetic. Paint chips peel off the ceiling of...

New national cemetery near Pittsburgh The Department of Veterans Affairs has named the national cemetery being constructed near Pittsburgh the "National Cemetery of the Alleghenies." The...

New war veterans' effect on America far-reachingBy JOHN J. LUMPKIN WASHINGTON - For the first time in 30 years, a large part of society will...

Mortgage bankers wooing bilingual military veteransBy Sandra Fleishman WASHINGTON The nation's mortgage bankers are so eager to add bilingual loan officers that they have...

Home is where the heartache isBy Christine Byers In a back yard in downstate Forrest, a family in August welcomes the return of a soldier....