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September 27, 2018

Navy veteran, 66, with terminal cancer holds yard sales to raise money for funeral

A 66-year-old U.S. Navy veteran dying from cancer has been selling his possessions at weekend yard sales to raise money for his own funeral, reports said Wednesday.

September 26, 2018

Marine veteran, 80, will get Medal of Honor for Vietnam valor

Marine veteran John Canley is set to receive the nation’s highest military honor.

September 22, 2018

Plans for Vietnam War education center on National Mall shut down over funding concerns

Plans to build an underground Vietnam War education center near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington were shuttered Friday over fundraising issues related to the $130 million project.

September 21, 2018

Vietnam veteran reunited with lost Purple Heart, thanks to fellow veteran and his dog

A Vietnam veteran in California was reunited with his war medals on Wednesday after they were discovered earlier this week by another veteran who was walking his dog.

September 14, 2018

Portland State cops avoid charges in death of Navy vet trying to break up fight

The two Portland State University campus police officers who fatally shot a U.S. Navy veteran and father of three who was trying to break up a fight outside a bar in June won’t be indicted, a grand jury ruled Thursday.

September 12, 2018

Massachusetts police looking for man who allegedly urinated on American flags at veterans cemetery

A man was allegedly spotted uprooting mini American flags in the Somerville Veterans Memorial Cemetery and then urinating on them, police in Massachusetts said.

September 12, 2018

Founder of GoFundMe account for homeless man is arrested on traffic warrant: report

A man accused of misusing the $400,000 raised for a homeless veteran was arrested Monday in New Jersey on an outstanding traffic warrant, authorities said.

September 11, 2018

FTC, states, target bogus veterans' charities in new crackdown: 'It's war profiteering'

Generous Americans give more than $2.5 billion a year to more than 40,000 charities with missions to help veterans but lately this crowded field has been inundated with fraud.

September 10, 2018

Six military veterans from the US and UK walk 1000 miles together to save lives

The six veterans – three from the United States and three from the United Kingdom – culminated their heroic walk by placing a wreath by the Survivor Tree at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City on Thursday before making their way a few short blocks to the Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Garden.

September 7, 2018

US Special Forces troops seek visas for family of heroic Iraqi interpreter

Several U.S. Special Forces troops have been petitioning for a special visa for the family of an heroic Iraqi interpreter killed in a 2007 suicide blast whose last words were, "Take care of my son. Take care of my wife," Stars and Stripes reported Thursday.