American Veteran News

US vets commit suicide at alarming rate: VA study
New York Daily News
For those who serve, the struggle does not always end when they return to American soil. A U.S. military veteran commits suicide every 65 minutes, on average, according to a recent study from the Department of Veterans Affairs. An older, less detailed ...
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Record Numbers of US Military and Veteran Suicides
Center for Research on Globalization
Headlines like this should shock: Suicides Outpace War Deaths. Surge in Military Suicides. Nearly Two Dozen Veterans Commit Suicide Daily. These reports and similar ones reveal imperialism's dark side. War takes its toll. Civilians suffer most. So do ...
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'I'm a monster': US veterans feel 'alone' in guilt
Inquirer.net
Former Marine Capt. Timothy Kudo sits outside his apartment in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Kudo walks among civilians carrying a burden of guilt most Americans don't want to share. A veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Kudo thinks of ...
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Four veterans among Presidential Citizens Medal recipients
Stars and Stripes
Shima also served as executive director of the Japanese American Veterans Association, a nonprofit that serves Japanese American veterans and their families; he is now chairman of its outreach and education committees. Billy Mills of Fair Oaks, Calif ...
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Honoring Finnish-American World War II veterans
Courier-Gazette & Camden Herald (subscription)
If anyone has any material regarding any Finnish-American veterans including photos, newspaper clippings, documents, awards, and certificates, please contact Steve Gifford at 4 Park Avenue West, Brewer, ME 04412 or naskali2@hotmail.com or 989-1971.
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Heroes to Heroes helps wounded US vets recover
Christian Science Monitor
He'd suffered from nightmares and had used alcohol to blot out depression. After leaving Iraq as a wounded soldier in 2004, Harrison Manyoma of Humble, Texas, remained haunted by his experiences, which had culminated in a roadside car bomb explosion ...
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Filipino vets' advocates in US renew call to push for equity bill
GMA News
Supporters are pushing for the recognition of Filipino veterans in light of the nearing re-introduction of a bill in the US Congress similar to another piece of legislation that seeks to acknowledge the service of Filipino vets, as well as provide them ...
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PHOTOS: Lynbrook Students Honor America, Veterans
Patch.com
Earlier this month, second-grade students at Lynbrook's Marion Street School, dressed in red, white and blue, invited their families to share a patriotic singalong. The event featured such all-American favorites as “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “America ...
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U.S. vets touted as labour pool
Calgary Herald
Former U.S. soldiers may soon be recruited to be all they can be in the Canadian oilsands. With the unemployment rate for U.S. military veterans hovering close to 10 per cent, some people think Americans who served their country in Iraq or Afghanistan ...
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African-American veterans saluted on Beacon Hill
WWLP.com
As part of Black History Month, the State House is paying tribute to African Americans veterans, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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'Forgotten' Cemetery in Philippines Gets US Recognition
Voice of America
ANGELES CITY, PHILIPPINES — A worn-down U.S. veterans' cemetery in the Philippines that has been in limbo for nearly two decades once again belongs to the U.S. government. Last month, President Barack Obama signed into law the placement of Clark ...
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Occupying Iraq: a US army veteran's ambivalence
The Guardian (blog)
As a woman, I felt invisible – I didn't fit the stereotypical image civilians had of veterans. When groups of us went out to celebrate our safe homecoming, bartenders would offer "the guys" a free round of beers, assuming the women were wives or ...
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Benefit concerts honor African American veterans of Korean War
The Catholic Key
Every local South Korean who lived through “The Forgotten War,” has not forgotten the nightmarish days of the early 1950's or who saved them from Communist aggression. In fact, they each have a “Thank you, America!” story and are eager to share it.
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Veterans Workshop Announces Blind US Veterans to Help Deaf US Veterans ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine (press release)
The Veterans Workshop, a national veteran's charity that has programs to teach Blind, Deaf and Paralyzed veterans, has developed a unique and challenging work assignment for the tens of thousands of Blind American veterans who have an unemployment ...
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Morning Bell: Why a Car Commercial Can Make You Cry
Heritage.org (blog)
Is there a veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces in your life? If so, tears likely came to your eyes when you saw Jeep's Super Bowl commercial. Oprah Winfrey's voice-over was a moving tribute to those who fight for us: “In your home, in our hearts—you've ...
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Boehner says veterans' claims system is broken
Charlotte Observer
CINCINNATI U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said the system for handling veterans' disability claims is broken and he wants the head of the Department of Veterans Affairs to explain what is being done to fix it. Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, said in ...
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Virginia War Memorial Honors African American Veterans
WTVR
RICHMOND, VA. (WTVR): Veterans of Color is an award-winning motion picture, celebrating the contributions and achievements of African Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces. Untold stories of blacks in the military in American History as told by Veterans ...
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GUEST COMMENTARY: Support organizations like Disabled American Veterans
nwitimes.com
Tom is the commander of the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 17 in Hammond. We go back a ways and have a shared experience. We were both door gunners in Vietnam, and both of us were shot down during a firefight and survived. So I said, “OK, ...
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