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Kerry Slams Bush Plan at Veterans' Convention

John Kerry says he would make America's military stronger if he were president. The Democratic nominee, speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Cincinnati, Ohio, criticized President Bush's proposed reductions in U.S. troop levels abroad. NPR's Juan Williams reports.

Veteran Documents His Unit In Tintype Photographs

Staff Sgt. Ed Drew brought his photography equipment from art school to Afghanistan, including equipment to make tintypes -- a photographic technique from the Civil War.

This month, a symphony composed by World War II veteran Harold Van Heuvelen had its premiere.

A Veteran's Standing Ovation, 70 Years In The Making

When peace was declared at the end of World War II, Army veteran Harold Van Heuvelen did something different than his troop mates — he wrote a symphony. This week he traveled to Virginia to hear it performed for the first time.

U.S. soldiers stand at a checkpoint around Lakokhel camp in Afghanistan in 2010. Many soldiers return from war suffering from "moral injuries," or dealing with the fact that their sense of right and wrong was violated.

Moral Injury Is The 'Signature Wound' Of Today's Veterans

Journalist David Wood says "almost everyone" in war has suffered a violation of their sense of right and wrong. As a result, Wood tells Fresh Air, veterans deal with grief, numbness or guilt.

Military Veterans Take On Zombies In 'Range 15'

Range 15 is a new zombie movie made by war veterans for veterans. It's a dark comedy with a cast that includes a Navy Cross recipient, amputees and William Shatner.

U.S. rowers Rob Jones and Oksana Masters train at the Rivanna Reservoir in Charlottesville, Va. The pair will compete in adaptive rowing at the London Paralympics this week. Jones, a former U.S. Marine, lost both legs to an improvised land mine in southern Afghanistan.

Doing It To Win: Veterans Raise Bar At Paralympics

Among the athletes at the ongoing 2012 games in London are veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Organizers of the games say the vets raise the caliber of the competition. And injured veterans say Paralympic sports provide inspiration and the prospect of a normal, active life.

D-Day Veteran Remembers Deadly Battle

Ray Lambert, one of the few living veterans who fought in the 1944 battle, was in the first wave of U.S. troops to hit Omaha Beach. The army medic returns to Normandy to mark 75 years since D-Day.

The BBC accompanied a group of veterans from both wars -- part of a program to help veterans come to terms with their physical and mental injuries -- back to the frontline in Afghanistan (screengrab/BBC).

U.S. Veterans Return To The Front Lines

American veterans of the Afghanistan conflict are returning to the front lines as part of a program to help them heal.

VA Reassures Veterans on Stolen Personal Data

The Department of Veterans Affairs has set up an emergency call center for veterans who think their personal data may have been exposed after a burglary earlier this month. The Social Security numbers and birth dates of about 26.5 million veterans were stolen from a VA employee’s home. Veterans' organizations are calling for an investigation.

Tensions ran high as a seven-member commission selected finalists for the Florida Veterans' Hall of Fame. The Sons of Confederate Veterans suggested nominees the commission said aren't allowed under the rules.

Sons of Confederate Veterans Feeling Left Out

Echoes from South Carolina filled the Capitol basement Thursday as a commission named the latest finalists for the Florida Veterans’ Hall of Fame....

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